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Return Of Martin Guerre
874 wordsThe Return of Martin Guerre Historian Natalie Zemon Davis wrote an informative novel about the lives of peasants in the sixteenth century. Entitled The Return of Martin Guerre, Davis tells a true story about a lawsuit against a man claiming to be someone he is not. She familiarizes the reader with peasantry, laws, and moral attitudes of the time. The story begins in 1527 with a family move from the French Basque country to the village of Artigat. There the Daguerre family settled and started a t...
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Martin Guerre
485 wordsArnaud du Tilh, a rogue and an impostor, deserved punishment for his crimes, and that is what he received. Arnaud, a man once thought by people to be unmistakably Martin Guerre, was sentenced to death. Perhaps in this day an age, a punishment such as this would be excessively severe, however in Arnaud's time it was considered just. A question can be asked whether Martin Guerre deserves such a punishment as well, because of his actions. Martin Guerre never broke any laws like that of Arnaud du Ti...
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Bertrande And Martin
1,622 wordsIt seems as though in today's society, suspicion lies in every corner. No one trusts anyone anymore, everyone lies, everyone steals, everyone pretends to be someone they are not. However true or false these statements might be, there is a need in today's society to be able to explain everything, coming up with every possible lie or predicament within every story. Natalie Davis is from today's society, and once again, she has found the need to investigate Bertrande Guerre's role within The Return...
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Bertrande's Decision
1,002 words"Bertrande's decision to expose Arnaud as an impostor was both selfish and foolish" Throughout the Novel "The Wife of Martin Guerre" by Janet Lewis, the decision made by Bertrande to expose Arnaud as Martin's impostor was neither selfish nor foolish on her behalf, as it was understandable in the context of the novel's time and culture. As Bertrande becomes more aware that the returned Martin is an impostor she, in turn, becomes distanced from Martin's sisters, the priest and the townsfolk as she...
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Wife Of Martin Guerre
283 wordsThe wife of Martin Guerre is set in Artigues the early 16th Century of France. Being an isolated town, Artigues ceased to develop unlike the modernising Europe around it. Monsiuer Guerre not only sets an example of the patriarchal society that was enforced but also symbolizes the lack of change during this period. Individuals wishes and needs were suppressed as a result. This can be seen as Martin is beaten by his father and loses 2 of his teeth. Punishments were usually harsh to ensure that res...
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Real Family Of Bertrande
398 wordsEach one of us have a family, we all agree that it is the place we will feel warm and safe. So we tend to do all the best for our family also to protect the happiness and the honor of the family. However, sometimes you have to decide to select between the benefit of your family and yours. It may seem not really hard if you live in the modern world, but back to the sixteenth century France, according to the novel "The wife of Martin Guerre" which was written by Janet Lewis. Under the feudal syste...
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Wife Of Martin Guerre
919 wordsTexts are made to position their audiences in relation to specific values and attitudes. In The novel The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, these values and attitudes however may be presented in various forms and types. For example the strong evident value of morality and religion is portrayed as extremely important and is presented in major turning points of the story. This position's the reader to understand and take on the perspective that religion and moral standards were of high value t...
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