Exploration Of Themes In The Song Of Roland
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A theme is a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation. In the epic The Song of Roland there are many themes displayed throughout the storyline. Some of these themes are loyalty, revenge, and the prices of war on a kingdom.
Loyalty is the quality or state of being loyal. Many ch ....
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.... twenty thousand make up its complement, their line of battle will never break or bend"(167) when talking about the soldiers.
Revenge is when a person takes vengeance and justice into their own hands and does whatever they feel is just. Revenge is displayed by both feuding sides in this epic. Some quotes are "This war you've started wage on, and make no cease; to Saragossa lead your host in the field, spend all your life, if need be, in the siege, revenge the men this villain made to bleed!" ....
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