ENG 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sir Orfeo, J. R. R. Tolkien, Goblin Market
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Sir orfeo by j. r. r tolkein tells the story of orfeo, an english king and a talented harpist. One day, his queen fell peacefully asleep under a tree, when she awoke she became mad. The king was heartbroken because he loved her immensely. Later, the queen explained how the fairy king had come to her with all his knights and told her that he would take her to fairyland to li(cid:448)e (cid:449)ith hi(cid:373). Sir orfeo (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t let that happe(cid:374), he said he (cid:449)ould go (cid:449)here(cid:448)er she (cid:449)e(cid:374)t. he guarded her with his knights, but the queen disappeared magically. The king was miserable and gave away his kingdom. Orfeo goes into the wilderness with his harp and one time he sees his wife with fairies and follows them into a castle. He played his harp for the fairy king and the king liked it so much that he offered him any reward he wanted.
