Family Blog Post 5

Edward by Anonymous

1. What has Edward done and why? Where do the two climaxes of the poem occur?

 Edward has killed his own father. He is questioned about why his sword is so bloody by his mother. Edward lies two time saying that he killed his hawk, but his mother says that his hawk's blood "...was never so red" (Anonymous). Then he tries to say that it was his old steed. Again, his mother says that that can't be it because his steed was very old and he had more. I think the mother knows the answer all along. She seems to be asking questions that she already knows the answers to because she keeps being able to easily negate every excuse. The two climaxes of the story are when I find out that Edward killed his father and that his mother told him to. They are talking about what Edward is going to do because he killed his father and he says he will leave and leave his work and his family to beg of themselves. Then, his mother asks what he will leave for her and he says, "The curse of hell from me shall ye bear, Such counsels you gave to me, O" (Anonymous). She gave him the advice to kill her husband, so now she will be cursed with a curse of hell.