FREE ESSAY ON IVANHOE STRENGTHS

IVANHOE STRENGTHS

The greatest strengths of Ivanhoe were the themes of the novel. All the characters 
in Ivanhoe were in some way affected by the major theme of the hatred between the 
Saxon's and Normans. The novel also answers many of the great questions of life. It 
mainly is a love triangle and of betrayal. The love triangle is threaded all throughout
the
book in many places and ultimately closes the novel with Ivanhoe and Rowena get 
married. Betrayal is spoke in the beginning of the book when Ivanhoe betrays Cetric
by going on crusades. Cedric disowns Ivanhoe because he betrayed his father.
The theme of hatred towards another group of people is threaded throughout
the novel. Many factors contributed to this being the theme that was treaded through
the novel. Fighting was occurring in many key parts of the novel between the two groups
of people. The fighting told the reader that people from each side didn't like each
other
and wanted to kill one another. Attacks were also common. Gurth was attacked for 
doing nothing, just because he was part of Cedric's group.
In closing, the theme of hatred towards another group was the strength of this 
novel. It was threaded throughout the novel and kept the reader with knowing what was 
going on.