Overall Erec and Enide were a great
read and probably my favorite in class so far. My favorite part of the read was
how it wasn’t your typical “Medieval” story. The read took a different approach
then most stories from this time period. For instance at the beginning g of the
story Erec gets struck by a dwarf with little man syndrome…. Usually in these
type stories the main hero is either untouchable or has one main enemy that is
greater than him that throughout the story he tries to overcome. One other
thing that I liked about this story so far is I really feel like there is 2
main characters, Erec and Ene, where most the time is these plots it’s all
about one character while the other drifts in and out of the story when needed.
The story describes Erec as a noble
very trustworthy knight, one of the highest regarded by the king, while Enide
has no connection to royalty what so ever, she is a very poor village person
that has nothing but her family, which is the most important thing in her life.
The story was a bit dry and slow
once it first started, personally I thought a lot of unnecessary detail was
added ( I felt like a whole page was dedicated to nothing but how perfect and beautiful
Enide was) nut as the read went on the story picked up dramatically and at
times I felt there was almost to much going on and it was hard to fully
understand what all was going on at some points in the story. My favorite part of the read so far was when
Erec fought and won the sparrowhawk for his maiden. This was in my opinion on
of the main turning points in the story when it really started to pick up and
get more exciting. Also I thought an important part of the story was the fight,
and how Yder apologized to the queen and then earned a spot on the court. As I said
before my favorite part of this story is how it doesn’t follow typical protocol
of stories based on this time period and throws some surprises to the reader. I
am really excited to continue to read the story Erec and Enide and see how their unexpected
journey turns out and see the rest the story has to offer!
I also like the part where Erec won the sparrow hawk. I loved that part because he recognized that Enide is very wise even though she did not talk much. I agree with the idea that in the beginning the story was kind of boring and it did have a lot of detail. I think all the detail was a little over compensating but it makes the story interesting. The sparrow hawk was like a turning point because after that there weren’t as much detail but the story picked up pace. I also liked that the story surrounded those two characters.
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that there was a lot of detail, perhaps it wasn't too much. I say this because the mass amount of detail really put emphasis on certain important parts in the story. For example, Erec and Enide's physical descriptions really made them stand out as characters. That brings me to the other point of there were two main characters. My first thought was how great that was. Finally, the hero isn't just the "untouchable" strong knight, there also a pretty girl who can actually be of some assistance!
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