Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Book of <3 #2

After reading the first two poems of the mountain girls for the first time, I believed the arch priest was talking about the same girl. The second poem, the arch priest seems to create a story for entertainment of his own experience with his acquaintanceship with the mountain girl in the first poem. I saw the second one as a story for entertainment because he would insult her looks, emphasized details that were not mentioned before, and then adding his sexual fantasy at the end. I believe these women represent reality over fantasy. Imagine if these mountain girls were absolutely beautiful, would they then receive the gifts they were promised? Would the arch priest hesitate for one second to give them what they desire? I feel like these ladies really need guidance and those who won't give them the time of day are ignorant. Sometimes we over see who in this world really needs us, because we are only looking toward our goal of riches or our own success, rather than helping those who could help us.
It was difficult to tell if the non-living things had human characteristics , or if the human beings were the ones given animal and other object characteristics. Which ever one it is, the names were symbolic , and instead of representing one, the names were representing a whole group of people . In my opinion I believe Carnal were the non-religious people who lived in great sin, being  lustful and glutton. I think Lent represented the Catholics, who tried to do good and follow God's rules and ways.

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