Le Morte Darthur, Chapter 402: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. After a richly served night and morning mass, Sir Bors tells the abbot about his quest and prescribed diet.
2. The abbot connects the blood-giving bird with Christ and explains Bors’s battle as a defense of the Church.
3. He interprets the white bird as deceptive evil and explains that the fiend uses religious appearances to mislead Bors.
4. The abbot reveals that Bors’s brother remains alive and identifies the beautiful ladies as devils.
5. He identifies the dry tree with Sir Lionel and praises Bors for saving the two people represented by flowers.

Cosa notare

The abbot makes religious service the standard for judging Bors’s actions. His explanation presents the knight’s battles as moral duties.

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