The Songstress, The Sorceress, and the Queen: A Tale of Three Sisters Once upon a time, there was a kingdom very far away. In that kingdom, there was a King. He was a good King and he ruled his land fairly. Everyone loved and respected his rule. One day, it came time for the King to settle down and choose a Queen. At the news of this, all manners of women approached him. After all, who wouldn't want a rich, handsome, nice guy who just happened to be a King? Unfortunately for all those ladies, not one of them seemed right for him and the King turned them down by scores. Just as he was about to give up, three beautiful sisters showed up at his door. All of them were not only very pleasing to look at, but they were also extremely smart and intelligent. Each sister was successful in her own way. The eldest was a songstress who had a voice that could raise the sun. Everyone in the court fell in love with just her voice alone. However, as nice and lovely as she was, she was also shallow, vain, and careless. As much as she could make everyone around her happy, the King wanted not only someone who he could love, but someone who would be able to return his love as well. The eldest was, unfortunately, incapable of that. The folly of youth, some might say. The second sister was something else entirely. Entering the kingdom, she brought with her her own riches that were almost comparable to the King's. She was an intelligent and charismatic woman whom you could spend hours listening to, hanging onto her every word. But she was also cold and maybe too ambitious. The King saw right through her, for he noted that all she wanted from him was power. After the first two sisters, the King was quite exasperated. He had seen so many women a... ... middle of paper ... ...autiful voice was all she remembered of her Aunt. She brought the Crone inside, much to her father's disdain and disgust, and begged and pleaded with her father to believe that the woman was her Aunt. Only because his daughter asked did he finally allow the crone to visit the Queen. The Songstress took the snow flowers, the dragon's scales and the moon's tears and mashed them all into a potion. Then, she waited until the Queen woke in the night. When she did, she fed her the potion. For the first time in years, the Queen awoke. Within days, her illness completely passed and the Queen once again saw daylight. Best of all, she was finally reunited with the King. The Kingdom had hope once again. With his lovely wife returned to him, the King grew healthy and strong and the Queen stayed at his side for the remainder of his days. And they lived happily ever after.
Throughout the novel, all of the sisters viewed points at a different perspective. Each sister had courageous, fearful, and sacrificial moments, though some of them displayed one of them more than another. In the end, many of these moments allowed the sisters to gain power to overcome obstacles. Even though all of the sisters, except Dede, did not make it to live out their whole lives, they did the most they could to stand up for what they each believed in. It takes guts to follow your heart, but when you do, you gain courage and strength to do so. The Mirabal sisters might have not been the cliché super heroes in a book, but they showed what true humans would and would not do, which makes them a whole lot more respectful.
Since women technically had no power without the help of a man, she had to be sly and crafty to get what she wanted. The perfect example of this is the teller of all these stories. Shahrazad the Vizier’s eldest daughter, willingly chooses to become the King’s next bride to be. “‘Give me in marriage to this King: either I shall die and be a ransom for the daughters of Moslems, or live and be the cause of their deliverance.’”. (pg19) Shahrazad tricked the King into keeping her alive by telling him stories and stopping in the middle of it to survive another night. Her plan works and not only is she spared but thanks to her, the king realizes that women are eloquent, and that they can be trusted. She also saved the lives of other girls since the king no longer needs a new woman every night. In The Tale of Al- Haddar, the barber’s second brother is tricked into shaving his beard and dye his eyebrows by a beautiful woman. This demonstrates that one should not to conclusions, even if it is a pretty
...ouple that will never be, but finally all is set straight. Because the spell is still on his eyes and no one but the fairies know, Helena is finally free to love him as much as she wants and she is being loved in return. Hermia, as well, had persistence. When the spell was wrongly cast upon Lysander's eyes she kept telling him that he was to be in love with her, and that they are supposed to be together. They were to have a life together, and everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. She knew deep down he did not and could not mean what he said. She never lost her faith and she was right. In the end each couple has their true love.
The story, then continues clarifying how the Queen and other women demonstrated benevolence for the knight, and settled on a vastly different
She had just sent her favorite maid (this type of maid was usually a ruler's favorite maid because her job is only to bring or take things from one location to another.) down to the kitchen to pack her a picnic basket full of cheese, powerade (so they could have plenty of energy to be able to be out in the cold rain), a full water bottle (because the Queen didn’t know how long she would be without it), bread, and the special assorted meat from the butcher shop down the road that provides all the protein for the kingdom. Then her father came in the room. “Honey what on earth are you doing?” “I’m packing my things! And you should begin doing the same father. We are leaving.” “Leaving? Why? Where? Don't get me wrong I have wanted to get away from Mr. Ross since the day I met him, but why now sweetheart? Did something happen with Anthony?” “Yes something did happen with Anthony. It is too much to explain right now, father please just go pack your things, we need to leave.” He nodded sympathetically and left. He was finished in two minutes so they headed to the kitchen, got the basket of food, and headed out into the rain without any goodbyes, or any sign of where they would go
The king’s daughter would not be able to live with herself if she had to see the youth man living a life with another beautiful girl. This would cause the girl to keep comparing herself to this lady because she would start to feel
dress. Rosa immediately fell in love. One day the king’s son fell ill. Nobody could
Most characteristics utilized to present Queen Hygd distinguish her as one of a kind. Since, the Queen is said to be generous and fair, it is inferred that she knows how to treat her people. The use of diction is important because it either hints that a Queen is ideal or not. All hostile diction used to describe Queen Modthryt infers that women should not behave in a hateful manner or else they will be criticized. The poet hints that a woman should not possess destructive characteristics because it is her duty to be gentle and attentive. While contrasting Queen Hygd and Queen Modthryt, it is important to note that their marital status helped their image of being compassionate or treacherous. The role of men is emphasized because it hints that a man is necessary to keep a women well-behaved. The poet suggests that women are highly dependent on men because they know how to guide. Only if a woman follows the righteous ways of a man will they be able to positively lead a society. The role of a man is stressed because he will use his dominance and reason to eliminate the bad in women for the good of the
This can be seen as cleverness, for the daughter knew that if she took the husband as hers she would still have everything that was his and thus lose nothing, but there is no evidence in the text to support this greed. In fact, the text can argue against this given that the queen’s deeds are selfless. For example, she solves the “riddle” to help her father with becoming queen only as a bonus and she helps the farmer who lost his foal for nothing in return. When she takes her husband as her parting gift, she treats him with affection and it is the king, not her, who takes them back to the
... beloved wife has made the decision for him. After going through this incredible journey of his, not only did he study women but he had to explain what women most desired to the queen. Otherwise he would have been beheaded, but was spared because of his looks. Was this justice? Indeed it would have been justice back in the 1300’s because if you were beautiful you could be spared and do a noble deed for the king/queen as they asked. If you did not complete it who knows what could have happened. But for the knight, he completed what he was told to do and in fact after he raped the woman and he was being prosecuted, the journey of his made him find the true knight inside of him. The old woman choice that was offer to the knight demonstrated that he learned his lesson through his sufficient punishment and redemption for his crime.
...his event. The queen’s servants made a huge fire in the courtyard for Talia to be thrown in. stalling for time, she asked the queen if she could take her beautiful dress off before she would be burned. With every piece of clothing she removed, she cried and screamed louder. Upon returning, the king noticed the screams and saw Talia and the queen near the fire. He demanded an explanation, and so the queen said: “You ate your own children and will now watch your mistress burn.” Hearing this, the king demanded his servants to cast the queen herself into the fire, along with his secretary. The cook was to be burnt as well, but he cried: “Do not reward my faithfulness with this horrible punishment, Sire. I saved your children. They are not dead, for I hid them with my wife.” The king made the cook a gentlemen and gave him a large sum of money and of course married Talia.
The story of the Gadbury sisters is a documentary which the descendants of each sister shares their heritage, beliefs and where they originated from, giving insights on their convicted family history. Caroline, Sarah and Maryann were the three troublesome sisters, which were categorized to be very clever and organized with their convict offenses. Starting at age twelve these three sisters began their rebellious missions with robberies and shoplifting from Londoners. Through time the Gadbury sisters formed generations and generations of descendants although the concept of Gadbury family history changed over time as told by each descendant of the three sisters.
And happed that, allone as he was born,/ He saugh a mayde walkynge hym biforn,/ Of which mayde anon, maugree hir heed,/ By verray force he rafte hir maydenhed” (lines 885-888). The knight only gets to hold this power for a short amount of time before he is caught. For his crime, he presents himself in front of a court full of women who must decide his punishment. We can see why The Wife chose this story in just the fact that an unjust man must plead for his life in front of a court of powerful women. The head of the court, the queen, decides to show him mercy if the knight can find out what it is that women truly desire. The queen and her ladies decide to give him one year to find the answer to her question, if he does not find the answer then the knight will be killed. Not only do the women have power over the knight in this situation, but they have now extended their power over him for an entire year. His life is now dedicated to finding out what exactly women
This is firstly displayed when he asks his daugthers to tell him how much they love him in order to be able to divide his kingdom between them. Two of his daugthers tell him they love him with all they have and cannot love another more. Cordelia, his more honest daugther, who actually does love him, tells him the truth. She loves him ‘’[a]ccording to [her] bond; no more nor less’’ . Nevertheless he goes into a rage and banishes Cordelia. He disinherets her and divides the kingdom between his two flattering manipulating daughters. He then decides to live with each for half a year at the time, keeping his priviliges while stepping down from his throne.
Meanwhile, in the Wife of Bath’s tale, the struggle is reversed in a sense. The knight in the story is nearly executed, but is saved by Queen Guinevere. Though with it, she gets the knight on a quest to find what do women really want. And this, is an uphill struggle. So much that he requested for the old lady’s help in