Bonnie George Campbell Loyalty

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Loyalty in Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell

Is loyalty really a thing to die for? Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell Sure did think so in the two poems they were a part of The term loyalty means to be faithful and true to anything one is a part of Both Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell exemplify this trait. This trait of loyalty makes these two characters similar in their poems. They are similar in ways such as how they both have to go on missions, both are leaving something behind, and both are skilled at what they do. The situations Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell are involved in, along with the loyalty each exemplifies teach important lessons in the poems. This lesson is …show more content…

They use these skills to be loyal to their king and country. In "Sir Patrick Spens", the knight tells us about Patrick by saving " 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor, / That ever sailed the se' - (7-8). This skill of being a great sailor is one thing that makes him loyal If he decided not to go on the mission, it can be inferred that everyone would think he was a coward. Bonnie George Campbell can also be considered skilled at what he does. This is being a soldier. One can interpret this because George has a horse to ride on-. Only a skilled soldier or higher officer would have a horse to ride on in days of this poem (the 1500s). By going off to fight for his country, George uses his skills to be loyal to his country

In the two poems, Sir Patrick Spens' and Bonnie George Campbell's loyalty has an ironic outcome of death- Both these men end up dying on their missions. This is ironic because one would think that for something as heroic as what they do, they would be rewarded. Instead, they end up dead, Although loyalty is a good thing, it has its tragic consequences as shown in the case of Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George

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