I am still reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. I am at the point where Ivanhoe and friends are imprisioned in the castle. I know they are going to escape or be rescued but how? What are Locksley and his crew going to do? I can't wait to find out.
What happened to chivalry? I wonder about this as I read Ivanhoe. The characters in the novel are often motivated by chivalry, even though this concept is often twisted by their greed and desires. But still, what about the idea of chivalry? Where did it go? Did it vanish in the whole feminist movement? Since when does a woman feel that she is less than a man, if a man is chivalrous to her? Isn't chivalry just a way of using manners? And why, with the evolution of feminism, did chivalry have to go? Can't women be chivalrous too? If women are chivalrous towards men, does that strip men of their manhood? And why? And why is a woman less of a woman if a man is chivalrous to her? I know this is not a belief held by all women, and I know I don't feel this way either. Did chivalry just go out of fashion? I like to believe that it hasn't. I know there are some men out there are wonderfully chivalrous. So my message to them is to continue, and maybe it will come back into popularity. Here's to romantic ideals!!!!
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Chivalry also applied to the interaction of men on the battlefield. You know, no sticking a sword in someone's back. Finding mercy for your enemy. I think maybe another way to think about it is "honor". We're not very honorable people anymore, and the world is less pleasant as a result. Happy reading!
Yes, we are severely lacking the honor thing in our society. Thanks for being the one of the two people who read my blog.
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