Pg. 37
“ She then struck him with her wolfskin……more dreadful to
you than no remembrance at all.” The theme of magic is shown again when Queen
Hvit put a curse on Bjorn after he rejected her. He has turned into a bear by
day. What would have happened to him if he had surcome to his step-mother’s
wishes? Would he have been killed or was this practice acceptable?
Pg 39
“The king then returned home…….and she burst out laughing.”
The Queen still is avenging Bjorn’s rejection of her even
after his death. She targets the love of his life by forcing her to do what
Bjorn warned her not to do: eat some of the bear meat. Bjorn knew there would
be repercussions, but Queen Hvit probably would have killed Bera if she
rejected eating any of the meat.
Pg. 43
“Bodvar became so filled with fury….dragging her through every
street.” Bodvar avenged the death
of his father by killing the witch, Queen Hvit. Interestingly King Hring knew
that she caused the disappearance of his son but chose to ignore it because he
supposedly loved her. Maybe he was also afraid of her magical powers and didn’t
want to do anything to make her mad so he wouldn’t be killed.
Page 39 - Right on target with your description and discussion!!!
ReplyDeletePage 43 - there seems to be a weakness among some of the Kings in this book to do the right thing when love is concerned.