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TRUE BLUE Vol. IV. Hudson, Wis., April, 1903. No. 7 Rowena of Rotheworod. Hv Theodore Elwki.l. ’ P. Rowena, ward of Cedric, the Saxon, is the heroine of Sir Wal- ter Scott's romance “Ivanhoo.’’ In this hook there are drawn the many different characters representing the period of English history when the Normans had defeated 1 lie Saxons in the struggle for power She was a tine type of a Saxon and her dress was such as be- came one of her rank and station. She was somewhat tall hut not notieabiy so, and she bore herself as gracefully as befits a lady of her position. In public she always acted with tin greatest dignity and although she was rather quiet, she could not he blamed for this for her lover was far distant from her, fighting hravelv for tie Christian faith in Palestine. Her life had always been one of superiority over those about her. She had become accustomed to this deference but in no in- stance has the author shown her to he unkind to those in the household as inferiors or servants. Even the despised and perse- cuted .lews, she treated with much Kindness. When travelling through the country with Cedric and many Saxon nobles she came to the Jew, Isaac and his daughter, Rebecca who, 1 heir escorts having taken flight, had been deprived of their horses. The Jews requested tin? Saxons that thoy might travel with them and through the earnest pleading of llowena they were permitted to journey with the company and under its protection. Thus she showed her charity in a Christian manner to those who were in difficulty. She sought from everyone knowledge of her lover in Palestine and never ceased in her faithfulness to him. When such honors were bestowed upon her as being chosen, “Queen of lx ve and Beauty”at the Tournament, she carried her- self with as much grace and dignity as could be desired of one in her position. She also used marvelous self-coni ml over her emotions at pub- lic occasions and well deserved to he the heroine of such a hook as Ivanhoe.
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2 TRUK BLUE The Scarlet Letter. By Mary Dinsmore, ’03. The Scarlet Letter is well written altho’ in some parts the descriptions are tedious and repetition makes it monotonous. There are strong and weak points in the story and the contrast is far too great. Taking the story as a whole, from beginning to end, it is not at all pleasing. However, permitting ones self to read it thro’, looking only for the beautiful passages and those from which a lesson might be learned, it is found to be truly charming. Hester’s patient forbearance, her endurance of pain and sor- row, shame and disgrace, were wonderful. But why did she choose to bear her disgrace alone? Simply to shield the man who had brought her so low; to shield him that he might have the honor and respect of his peolpe; for this man who should have led her to high- er and better things was a minister. Instead of doing this, he carried her down to the lowest depths of crime «and abandoned her with her little child. She had to endure the jeers and ridicule of the people wherever she went, while he, who should have been her companion in disgrace, walked the village streets as a man free from sin, a man to be loved and admired. As time went on, Hester began to be respected by the people, they seemed to realize that she had repented of her sin and was forgiven; that her life was pure and sweet. On the contrary we shall see how Mr. Diminesdale succeeded in keeping his secret. His is one of the finest portrayals of con- viction by conscience. Through the convictions of his conscience he ‘‘suffered as no mortal man ever before sulfered. And all, all, in the sight of his worst enemy!” He had no one to comfort him, no one in whom to confide his trials and his troubles, but his Cod. In truth, “A mortal man with once a human heart has become a fiend for his especial torment.” His sin had been a sin of passion, not of principle nor even purpose. Since that time he had watch- ed’not only his actions, but his thoughts and emotions “with a mor- bid zeal and minuteness.” “As a man who had once sinned, but who kept his conscience alive and painfully sensitive by the fretting of an unhealed wound, he might have been supposed safer within the line of virtue than if he had never sinned at all.” The end of his sinful life was bitter but exactly suited to the character. Truly, Roger Chillingworth’s revenge was sweet to him, but oh, how bitter for those upon whom it was taken.
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