GER 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Filial Piety, Prosimetrum
30 Dec 2017
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He"s very rebellious because he wants to follow his heart. I don"t care about the religion, i just care about nicolette . Filial piety: a virtue of respect for one"s parents, elders and ancestors. European contacts with the arabic world (nicolette) Nicolette is an exotic orient (a form of orientalism) Inner nobility vs. external power status is prevalent. She was loved by all the people in the town. Aucassin cares little for paradise, wants only his love, prefers hell over paradise and cried out of love for nicolette. Criticism of war: war only as a game. They get to the kingdom of torelore. The king is pretending to be a woman who is pregnant (frog) The wife is out fighting a war as a general. They fight with rotten cheese, sausages, ham, fruit, vegetables, etc. The protagonist kills to try and be helpful, but they are like this is a war, you"re not supposed to kill! .
