How Minne is Function in the Story Erec
The story begins with Erec and Queen’s servant being humiliated by dwarf, who serves a knight and lady, in front of Queen Guinevere. In order to restore his honor, Erec
seeks vengeance from the knight, which later turned into a love story. In which he met the love of his life, Enite, who is nearly perfect in appearance (320). Courtly love is usually platonic relationship between man and woman. This appraisal from Hartman implies a strong connotation that the beauty of her countenance reflects the goodness in her, which might cause Erec to love her at the first place. When Erec met Enite for the first time, he already displayed his affection for her, because he promised Koralus, father of Enite, to marry her when he wins the competition. Erec participated in the competition of the sparrow-hawk for two purposes. First to prove his lady-love is the most beautiful one at Duke Imain’s festival, and second is to restore his honor by defeating the knight who insulted him. Erec, as the strongest man in the competition, wins the sparrow hawk to prove Enite is the most beautiful lady. This knight’s game embodies how courtly love functions in this text.
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Introduction
Erec written by Hartman von Aue, a courtly epic, is a medieval literature that takes place in an idealized society where a hero-like figure, knight Erec, sets out on an adventure and a competitive conquest in order to please the lady that he loved. The process of courtship between a knight and a lady in the story is meant to pursue Minne. However, Minne does not take only one form in the text. It takes "Andree Minne" the chance that leads to the moral corruption of Erec, who had neglected his duties as a king after his marriage with Enite. Minne had some multiple interpretations since the term had been invented. Minne serves as a major motivator for adventurers after what happened throughout the story; a factor serves as the major focus of this essay. This essay aims to offer interpretations of Minne within the context of Erec, and evaluate its function in the text.
Minnie’s Function in the Story Erec
In this story, the personification of Minnie described as Minnie is used to play an integral role not only as a mechanism to further the plot of the story but to serve as a didactic avenue for Hartmann to give an explanation of the power in which Minnie could act with upon people. Minnie is portrayed in the story by Hartmann as a wild and untamable force in Erec when she typically develops a human-like character. Before the weeding, the narrator describes Minnie as a governing force in Erec.
The story begins with Erec and Queen’s servant being humiliated by a dwarf, who serves a knight and lady, in front of Queen Guinevere. In order to restore his honor, Erec pursues approaches of vengeance from the knight, which later turns into a love story. In the context of the story, he met the love of his life, Enite, who was nearly perfect in appearance (320). During that period, courtship love used to be a platonic relationship between a man and woman. However, the appraisal from Hartman implied a stronger connotation that the beauty of Enite countenance reflected the goodness in her, which caused Erec to love her at the first place.
When Erec met Enite for the first time, he displayed his affection towards her, becau...