Song of Roland Quotes Flashcards
(14 cards)
Roland is given positive epithets?
‘Roland the brave’
‘Count Roland the powerful’
He inspires noble attributes in the twelve peers he commands?
‘They are not afraid and have no terror of dying’
The valour of the two warriors?
‘Roland is brave and Oliver is wise’
‘Both have the qualities of a good vassal’
The overall objective message of the poem?
‘The pagans are wrong and the Christians are right’
The asyndetic description of Roland’s stepfather Ganelon?
‘the felon, the traitor
What happens to the pagans who are murdered?
‘His soul is carried off by Satan’
What happens when Roland dies?
‘Angels come down to him from heaven’
Roland is avenged by Charlemagne?
‘intends[s] to make them pay dearly for Roland’s death’
What Roland is obsessed with avoiding?
a ‘shameful song’
His fatal flaw?
Hid ‘desmesure’
Roland sounds the oliphant?
‘Count Roland with pain and distress / sounds his oliphant in great agony’
‘in his skull the temples burst’
Oliver criticises Roland?
‘Caution is better than great zeal. / Franks are dead because of your recklessness’
Ganelon’s criticism of Roland?
‘You are well aware of Roland’s great pride. / It is a wonder that God has stood for it so long’
Roland grieves the dead Franks?
‘May he grant all your souls a place in paradise / And let them rest amongst celestial flowers’
‘I shall die of grief, if nothing else kills me’
