be an issue until the battle with the knight. "There he saw his frightened girl at prayer, and as he watched his new-found love, he felt his courage stir and move and gather force" (909-913). Here we see Erec in a fight with a knight during a period of rest. Erec looks up at Enide, and something in her eyes and her look, gave him strength to continue. It gave him that extra courage he needed to finish the fight with the knight. Here we see Enide possessing a different type of power. She brought out his emotional side, and the feelings that he had for her, whether it be love or pride, gave him the extra strength that he needed. According to Chrétien, the love between the is so great that Erec loses interest in anything other than Enide: "But Erec loved so ardently, he burned no longer for events of knightly valor,, tournaments; he showed indifference to them all and lived, absorbed and sensual, making her pet and paramour, still serving and atte
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