the poet sir watter Scott brings out the fact that love and courage go together explain thus with reference to the poem lochinver
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A counter reading of the poem suggests that the bridegroom is not so much of a “laggard in love and a dastard in war” as the poem compels us to believe initially. During the Middle Ages, women were often considered as having no rights of their own. Hence the options before Ellen now are limited. She has to belong either to Lochinvar or to the bridegroom. She doesn’t have the freedom to reject both of them. Nor can she choose both. Thus, in a different sense, the bridegroom's behaviour and demeanour turn chivalric and noble. If he is passive, it is because he respects Ellen’s wish to be with her true love. His sacrifice thus becomes the very epitome of gentlemanly behaviour and he becomes a paragon of chivalry. He would have been cowardly only if Ellen had been truly in love with him and not Lochinvar. In that scenario, their elopement would have become a matter of kidnap. However, that isn’t the case in the poem. Evidently, Ellen loves Lochinvar and she wilfully elopes with him.
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the poet brings out the fact that love and courage go together explain this with reference to the poem lochinvar