The Return Of Martin Guerre Analysis
Martin Guerre Essay
Western Civ.
The book "The Return of Martin Guerre" was set in medieval Europe in the 1500's. Its story brings us into the world of pre-modern peasant life and how the people of the time felt and their different views on life. The story itself was about how a husband abandoned his wife and another man came in to resume his life he gave up. Later when Guerre returned, the imposter was sentenced to death. The Guerra's were known as the Daguerre's before they moved to Artigat, the reason for this is that when they immigrated, they took the "da" off of Daguerre to conform to what everyone else's names were. They very much wanted to fit in and the thought that this would help them out a lot. Then Martin Guerre married …show more content…
I don't think that Arnaud du Tilh, Bertrand de Rols, and Martin Guerre knew each other before the trial. Arnaud and Martin may have met somewhere out on the battlefields across Europe. Arnaud went across Europe and was later told by some people that he looked like Martin so that's when he probably inquired about his life so he could "return" to his home and take over his life. He always asked questions about Martin's life and began to gain knowledge about his life and everything that happened in his life. When he had enough information to take over his life, he went to his house and proclaimed that he was Martin. When in actuality the old Martin wasn't literate and he was much nicer to Bertrand, he wanted to have much more sex with her too. They eventually produced a child together and everyone seemed to agree that they liked the new martin better. It seemed as though everything was going great until Martin wanted to collect on the profits he missed out during the 8 years he was missing. After doing so, his uncle didn't like the idea and considered him an imposter and then threatened legal action. Bertrand knew always that it was not the real Martin but she played a long anyway. I believe she did so because she likes this Martin
Western Civ.
The book "The Return of Martin Guerre" was set in medieval Europe in the 1500's. Its story brings us into the world of pre-modern peasant life and how the people of the time felt and their different views on life. The story itself was about how a husband abandoned his wife and another man came in to resume his life he gave up. Later when Guerre returned, the imposter was sentenced to death. The Guerra's were known as the Daguerre's before they moved to Artigat, the reason for this is that when they immigrated, they took the "da" off of Daguerre to conform to what everyone else's names were. They very much wanted to fit in and the thought that this would help them out a lot. Then Martin Guerre married …show more content…
I don't think that Arnaud du Tilh, Bertrand de Rols, and Martin Guerre knew each other before the trial. Arnaud and Martin may have met somewhere out on the battlefields across Europe. Arnaud went across Europe and was later told by some people that he looked like Martin so that's when he probably inquired about his life so he could "return" to his home and take over his life. He always asked questions about Martin's life and began to gain knowledge about his life and everything that happened in his life. When he had enough information to take over his life, he went to his house and proclaimed that he was Martin. When in actuality the old Martin wasn't literate and he was much nicer to Bertrand, he wanted to have much more sex with her too. They eventually produced a child together and everyone seemed to agree that they liked the new martin better. It seemed as though everything was going great until Martin wanted to collect on the profits he missed out during the 8 years he was missing. After doing so, his uncle didn't like the idea and considered him an imposter and then threatened legal action. Bertrand knew always that it was not the real Martin but she played a long anyway. I believe she did so because she likes this Martin