Silence: Silence: a Thirteenth-Century French Romance

The generator begins Silence by calling himself Master Heldris of Cornwall and saying his wish not to maintain his work spread among wealthy people who dont know how to appreciate it. He refers to them as the kind of people, which clearly shows his controvert attitude toward those who he describes as prize m unrivaledy more than honor, or want to hear everything but do not care to progress a man happy with some reward they might wish to give.The phrase at the beginning of the work, or before I begin to tell my story are repeated three times throughout the opening unmatchable at the start, one at the center, and one at the end repair before the writer starts telling the story. This, together with strong words such as command, request, repeatedly reminds the readers of the writers demand to preserve his work and of his deep hatred toward greedy people. The writers strong feeling against avaricious manpower is expressed clearly I feel tremendously compelled, stung, goaded into ta lking about this, and It bothers me terribly.Several different negative words and phrases are also used to depict those people throughout the text greedy, nasty, petty, fools, intoxicated with Avarice, those hateful men. He tells problems relating to those people from the perspective of a poet serve them well, as if they were your acquire then you will be most welcome, judge a fine minstrel, well-received, or very bad cheer and a sour face, thats what youll unendingly get from them when you ask for something. The bitterness in each sentence and the clear descriptions shows that the writer seems to have experienced those problems himself.He disgusts greedy people and views them as pathetic creatures that have a dreadful life as they try to pile up wealth and yet afraid of losing it a man afraid is not at peace he is miserable and ill at ease. Wealth only makes a man mean-spirited and makes him toil without profit. All he does is soil himself Greedy men rob creation of all pleasure , and lost their trust in everyone, even their own wives he doesnt want her spend any of it, for one missing penny would mar the perfection of those thousands marks he lost sleep over.The writer emphasizes that owning property does not make life easier nor brings one any joy and festivity if one do not know how to use and share it wisely lost sleep, ill, miserable, meager. Capitalizing Avarice, the writer refer to Avarice as a dangerous goddess who traps fools in her maze of wealth, let them honor her as their sovereign lady and wet concur, but betrays them, leaves them drunk and intoxicated and driven to disgrace themselves. While hating those fools, the writer is seriously concerned and cry O greedy people, alas las . He repeatedly refer to the locked away wealth as disgrace, shame, and even a dirty substance dung. Comparing unused wealth and dung, he further devalues property at least dung enriches the soils, while greedy men abuse this earthy life and enclosed their courts with shame forever. dung is often referred to as dirty and worthless, yet it has a function that benefits the planet, while wealth, often related to luxuriousness and enjoyment, neither brings comfort to its owner nor influence the world positively at all.Several comparisons are also used near the end of the opening to address the same point assets are worth less than spread out just as wheat is worth more than weeds, rose more than daisy, goshawk more than falcon more than buzzard, good wine than standing(prenominal) water, bittern than magpie, and most of all honest pauperization is of greater worth than a thousand marks without joys and festivity. The comparisons start from small plants to birds to the main subjects honest poverty versus useless wealth.This proves that wealth and greed are inferior and shameful, while praises generosity as superior and honorable. At the end of the opening, after all the hatred has been expressed, the writer says he now can begin his story withou t a lot of fuss and bother. Since the overall theme of the story relate to property and the problems relating to the right to own it, it appears that the writer does not just simply tell us his feeling toward greed and wealth but his main goal is to prepare us with a basic background of the story.The transition from the opening to the story is thus smoother. The story begins with the description of King Evan as a wise king who keep peace in his land and apply strict rules to control his people. What King Evan has is wealth, power and respect so obviously troubles are unavoidable. This obviously connects to the theme mentioned in the opening, therefore, readers can catch up with the story more easily.