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Ivanhoe By Walter Scott Essay Research Paper

Ivanhoe By Walter Scott Essay, Research Paper


While reading the book Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott I have come to the conclusion


that Scott criticizes the church a lot. By some of the quotes by various


characters show that he has some type of grudge towards the church. In the


following paragraphs I will give several examples of his criticism. One example


of the criticism of the church is when the Grand Master was talking at the


trial. He said: ?You are aware that we might well have refused this woman the


benefit of the trail by combat; but, though a Jewess and an unbeliever, she is


also a stranger and defenseless, and God forbid that she should ask the benefit


of our mild laws and that should be refused to her? This is just one of many


that the Grand Master is accusing and not letting the trial be fair because


Rebecca is a Jew. This shows that many of the churchman would lie to save their


one life. I am led to believe that the only reason why they turned Rebecca in


for being a witch is because they wanted to save one of their own (Brian).


Another example of the criticism of the church is the appearance of Brian and


Brother Aymer. They both seemed to be rich and since all people involved in the


church are supposed to live with fewer advantages they aren?t supposed to be


rich. We knew that they were r

ich because the brother had many servants and


people with him. The brother was also over weight so it should that he indulged


a lot even though he wasn?t supposed to. Then when Wamba tricked them by


saying one direction and pointing the other. Scott was trying to say that


obviously the two churchman that Wamba encountered were not that bright. Then


there was the time when Ulrica was talking to Cedric about her past. She said:


?This castle, for ten years, has opened to no priest save the debauched Norman


chaplain who partook the nightly revels of Front-de-Boeuf, and he has been long


gone to render an account of his stewardship. But thou art a Saxon—a Saxon


priest, and I have one question to ask of thee? Then she goes on saying how


priests have come and gone not even noticing the pain she was going through.


Since Ulrica?s past was so awful she has always has always hated her because


they have never helped her when she needed them the most. Though in Ivanhoe


there were many examples of criticism but it would take awhile to name all of


them. It was obvious that Scott didn?t exactly like the church. The strange


thing that I keep on thinking about is why he didn?t like the church. I think


that there is probably a good reason but most people don?t even know about it.


Still he made his point in the book.

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