The theme of Peregrine is Lady Edith learning to let go of her worries and fears and starting a new life. Lady Edith embarks on a journey not only because she wanted to escape a marriage with Sir Runcival, but also to clear out her mind over her sorrows due to the death of her husband and baby. Edith is constantly thinking of her baby girl, and weeps often over her sorrow. When she sees Christ and his child at a church, her horrors come rushing through her and she just can not let go of her baby girl. Luckily, with her wise words, Rhiannon reassures Lady Edith, and helps her let go of her baby. Her sorrow is lifted and she steps out from her little corner in the dark.
A sub-theme is when Lady Edith is desperately trying to escape from Sir Runcival. The main reason for Lady Edith’s journey to the Holy City, is to escape from him. Edith kept on having nightmares about him coming and taking her to become his wife. She thought that since he came to visit quite often after her husband had died, that he wanted her to marry him. She did not want to. I also think that this kind of says that, occasionally, you have to fight for what you want or believe in, or else everyone just makes the choice for you.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
::Peregrine:: by Joan Elizabeth Goodman-Plot
In Peregrine, the exposition is when Lady Edith prepares to go on a journey to travel to Jerusalem, the Holy City. She chooses to go to Jerusalem because she does not want to marry Sir Runcival while she constantly thought of her dead baby and husband. So she goes on the journey with a handful of companions. Then, on the way, Lady Edith meets Rhiannon.
The rising action is when Lady Edith allows Rhiannon to join the company traveling and even gives Rhiannon her lovely blue dress that her husband had given her. At the beginning, Dame Joan [Old Wobbly Chins :P] is always protesting against Edith’s actions of kindness towards Rhiannon. She also finds her brother Simon, and a group of monks with him, and the join on the journey to Jerusalem.
The climax, is when Lady Edith finally reaches Jerusalem, the Holy City she had been longing to reach. At the Holy City, Edith is always worrying over her dead husband and child, and Sir Runcival. She also meets the pope and Queen Melisende during her stay.
The falling action is when Rhiannon finally reveals that she is a princess who ran away from a terrible plan was being plotted, using her against her own family. Also, Lady Edith goes into a church and sees Christ with his child, and her emotions come rushing into her as she remembers her own dead child. Rhiannon goes and comforts Edith, saying that it was time for her to let go of her baby; time to go on with her life. Lady Edith heeds her words and lets her little baby go with a whisper, “Alice”.
The resolution is that Lady Edith learns to choose, not be chosen. She definitely did not want to marry Sir Runcival, and she longed to marry her old childhood friend Will Belet. In the end, she frees herself from all the sorrows over her dead husband and child that left her in the dark. She went towards the light.
The rising action is when Lady Edith allows Rhiannon to join the company traveling and even gives Rhiannon her lovely blue dress that her husband had given her. At the beginning, Dame Joan [Old Wobbly Chins :P] is always protesting against Edith’s actions of kindness towards Rhiannon. She also finds her brother Simon, and a group of monks with him, and the join on the journey to Jerusalem.
The climax, is when Lady Edith finally reaches Jerusalem, the Holy City she had been longing to reach. At the Holy City, Edith is always worrying over her dead husband and child, and Sir Runcival. She also meets the pope and Queen Melisende during her stay.
The falling action is when Rhiannon finally reveals that she is a princess who ran away from a terrible plan was being plotted, using her against her own family. Also, Lady Edith goes into a church and sees Christ with his child, and her emotions come rushing into her as she remembers her own dead child. Rhiannon goes and comforts Edith, saying that it was time for her to let go of her baby; time to go on with her life. Lady Edith heeds her words and lets her little baby go with a whisper, “Alice”.
The resolution is that Lady Edith learns to choose, not be chosen. She definitely did not want to marry Sir Runcival, and she longed to marry her old childhood friend Will Belet. In the end, she frees herself from all the sorrows over her dead husband and child that left her in the dark. She went towards the light.
Monday, February 4, 2008
::Peregrine:: by Joan Elizabeth Goodman-Character
In Peregrine, the main character is, of course, Lady Edith Bohemund of Cheswick; or [Lady] Edith, for short. Lady Edith is only 15 years-old, but she is already widowed with a dead husband and child. Though she is quite young, she has a woman’s character due to the fact that she has faced a myriad of things in her life so young. Her marriage to Sir Bohemund changed her. She was always a “wild little thing”, but after her marriage, she becomes more patient. In this novel, Edith goes on a journey to Jerusalem to escape a marriage to Sir Runcival of Surrey, for she did not want to remarry, and she wasn’t very fond of him. Moreover, during her journey to the Holy City, Lady Edith often thought of her baby, and dwelled on the horrors of her babe’s death. Her Later on during the story, she reveals that she truly wanted to be that little girl she was, wild and impatient. Edith is also sympathetic towards others, like Rhiannon.
Another important character in Peregrine is Rhiannon. Rhiannon is a quite, collected, and wise girl. She comes into the story, when she deliberately chooses to come out of the forest when Lady Edith comes by during her journey to the Holy City, and tells Edith, “Help me.” When she first meets Edith, all she reveals of herself, is her name. At the end of the book, however, Rhiannon reveals that she is a Welsh princess whose father was Griffith ap Rees, Prince of Cardigan, and her mother, Gwenllian, daughter of the King of Gwynedd. Her story of her life was a sad one. Both her parents had died by the time Rhiannon was seven. At first, Rhiannon rarely talked, she just watched everybody, but she holds herself up and with the grace of a royal. Her word are also wise, and sometimes ,strange, but true.
Another important character in Peregrine is Rhiannon. Rhiannon is a quite, collected, and wise girl. She comes into the story, when she deliberately chooses to come out of the forest when Lady Edith comes by during her journey to the Holy City, and tells Edith, “Help me.” When she first meets Edith, all she reveals of herself, is her name. At the end of the book, however, Rhiannon reveals that she is a Welsh princess whose father was Griffith ap Rees, Prince of Cardigan, and her mother, Gwenllian, daughter of the King of Gwynedd. Her story of her life was a sad one. Both her parents had died by the time Rhiannon was seven. At first, Rhiannon rarely talked, she just watched everybody, but she holds herself up and with the grace of a royal. Her word are also wise, and sometimes ,strange, but true.
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