A cloth covered in jewels was made into a dress for Emare. There’s nothing like it anywhere in all of “Christendom”. The dress is ethereal and deemed out of this world. Evidently, she’s rocking it since everybody’s losing their minds over it.
Okay, I’m curious. What’s up with the dress? Why do we all assume it’s the devil’s work? God can’t make anything beautiful? And why the hell is she still wearing the damn thing after all this time?! Does she not own anything else?
She’s such a nice person, and everyone sees it, but the select few are so quick to hate her. For example, her father and her mother-in-law. Her father gets it in his head that he wants to marry her. He gives her this “otherworldly” dress, as they call it, and prepares to wed her. When she denies him, he flips his shit and tosses her out to sea. The mother-in-law got it in her head that she detests her because of the dress. She claims she’s a devil and doesn’t want her son marrying her. Then, when Emare births a son, the cunning woman sabotaged her and had her sent out to sea once again.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Emare's S.O.S
This song seemed to fit well with Emare's feelings of loneliness and being cast away. Additionally, it goes with the nautical theme of the story. Specifically, her "SOS" goes out to her God as she floats helplessly through the ocean each time.
Monday, April 8, 2019
Excuse me !?? How dare you ?
"The father sent his pretty baby out to be fostered by a lady people called Abro. She taught her proper courtesy and with some others, embroidery: how maidens ought to sew"(132). "Then with his daughter he fell in love and gazed upon her, thinking of taking her as his bride!"(137)
Was Sir Artyus preparing his daughter for marriage when he got her lessons in courtesy and sewing? Why would he think his daughter was ready for marriage much less to marry him?
Was Sir Artyus preparing his daughter for marriage when he got her lessons in courtesy and sewing? Why would he think his daughter was ready for marriage much less to marry him?
Creepy Artyus
https://youtu.be/XFkzRNyygfk?list=RDEMk8jEIzOyB2trfXZrSEVz_Q
This song resembles Sir Artyus and the way he thinks of his daughter, Emare. The thought of him having romantic feelings for his own daughter and wanting to marry her is creepy.
This song resembles Sir Artyus and the way he thinks of his daughter, Emare. The thought of him having romantic feelings for his own daughter and wanting to marry her is creepy.
Is Sir Artyus Evil?
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Going with the flow
"He said they must go on a mission to get for him the Pope's permission to wed. They did not dare question the emperor's intent, and so away the messengers went and earls went with them, where quickly from the court of Rome they brought his dispensation home, to wed his daughter fair."
This is a significant moment in the story because it is clear that the emperor was going to go to great lengths to ensure that he could marry his own daughter. It seems like with permission, we would reasonably assume that their wedding would take place quickly after. Luckily, Emare is not forced to marry her father when she tells him that his reputation would diminish and that the marriage would be frowned on by God. But of course, the alternative to Emare marrying her father was a harsh one.
It seems like all around Emere, decisions are being made for her and she is expected to kind of go with the flow. In her new home, arrangements are quickly made to marry Emere and it seems like she is the last person to be consulted about it. Although this king ends up being a better fit for Emere, it still shows that people seem to make plans and decisions for her without considering what she would like for herself.
This is a significant moment in the story because it is clear that the emperor was going to go to great lengths to ensure that he could marry his own daughter. It seems like with permission, we would reasonably assume that their wedding would take place quickly after. Luckily, Emare is not forced to marry her father when she tells him that his reputation would diminish and that the marriage would be frowned on by God. But of course, the alternative to Emare marrying her father was a harsh one.
It seems like all around Emere, decisions are being made for her and she is expected to kind of go with the flow. In her new home, arrangements are quickly made to marry Emere and it seems like she is the last person to be consulted about it. Although this king ends up being a better fit for Emere, it still shows that people seem to make plans and decisions for her without considering what she would like for herself.
Emaré's Revenge
Emaré had seen the Emperor
Who had once done a terrible thing to her.
He had cast her out to sea
Which made her decide revenge is what needed he.
She hid carefully away from the man
So he could not find her plan.
She had gone down to a small place in Rome
Where an old woman whom sold potions called this her home.
Emaré spoke of the evil her father had committed
So the old woman gave her a potion that she had seen fitted.
She took this potion home to her young boy
To which she explained was not a toy.
"Pour this in the drink of the Emporer tonight,
But when you are done make sure you take flight!
If my father finds out what you have done
He will cast us away and then he will have won!"
So the boy poured the potion into the Emporer's wine
He served it to him as they all sat and dined.
The more the Emporer drank, the more tired he became.
So drunk and tired he could not remember his name.
He then decided to go up to bed
Emaré's plan begun as soon as hey layed down his head.
Emaré entered his room without making a sound
Her husband, the King, had also come around
To aid her in plan
So loyal, he never ran.
They picked up the Emperor and carried him out to the sea
They put him on a float and off went he.
He would soon wake up and find out his destiny
For he would not survive as his daughter did, because less of a person is he.
Who had once done a terrible thing to her.
He had cast her out to sea
Which made her decide revenge is what needed he.
She hid carefully away from the man
So he could not find her plan.
She had gone down to a small place in Rome
Where an old woman whom sold potions called this her home.
Emaré spoke of the evil her father had committed
So the old woman gave her a potion that she had seen fitted.
She took this potion home to her young boy
To which she explained was not a toy.
"Pour this in the drink of the Emporer tonight,
But when you are done make sure you take flight!
If my father finds out what you have done
He will cast us away and then he will have won!"
So the boy poured the potion into the Emporer's wine
He served it to him as they all sat and dined.
The more the Emporer drank, the more tired he became.
So drunk and tired he could not remember his name.
He then decided to go up to bed
Emaré's plan begun as soon as hey layed down his head.
Emaré entered his room without making a sound
Her husband, the King, had also come around
To aid her in plan
So loyal, he never ran.
They picked up the Emperor and carried him out to the sea
They put him on a float and off went he.
He would soon wake up and find out his destiny
For he would not survive as his daughter did, because less of a person is he.
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