Official Blog of History 121
Western Civilization to 1600
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Heloise and Abelard (extra credit)
Choose one or two of the letters of Heloise and Abelard at the link here. What did you find particularly interesting in these letters? Does anything particularly surprise you?
What I find interesting in these letters is that there is conflict in all of these. I fell like these were meant to be letters to express love and adornment but something was always in the way of letting things just happen.
I found these letters interesting because they were very dramatic. There was always something going on and into reading these, I just expected them to be all sappy and mushy. I liked the last letter too when he told her that they should stop writing back and forth. I was wondering how long they would continue.
I thought that it was interesting that they tried to end the letters, but they just couldn't without unloading their heart. Also it was very interesting that when they both were trying to get to Heaven, that one of them insisted that the other go first. This made me think that one of them doesn't completely trust each other, but their love is so strong that they do it or attempted to. This distrust really hurt.
What I find interesting in these letters is that there is conflict in all of these. I fell like these were meant to be letters to express love and adornment but something was always in the way of letting things just happen.
ReplyDeleteI found these letters interesting because they were very dramatic. There was always something going on and into reading these, I just expected them to be all sappy and mushy.
ReplyDeleteI liked the last letter too when he told her that they should stop writing back and forth. I was wondering how long they would continue.
I thought that it was interesting that they tried to end the letters, but they just couldn't without unloading their heart. Also it was very interesting that when they both were trying to get to Heaven, that one of them insisted that the other go first. This made me think that one of them doesn't completely trust each other, but their love is so strong that they do it or attempted to. This distrust really hurt.
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