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In Fact I Love That Fawn By Paul Albar

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In Medieval Al-Andalus, many religions took control through the middle ages. This continuous variation of control raised questions about the value of peace. Peace can be defined as a state in which physical battles or fights do not occur. Indeed, when people were often settled, fighting did not have a great presence, and peace was often valued as long as people did not interfere with another’s religion. However, peace often came with people in subtle disagreements about the way of living. These disagreements, such as some spoken of by Paul Albar and Shmuel Hanagid, were more private and would rarely infringe peace. In addition, peace was often forgotten when someone began interfering with another’s beliefs. In general, the Treaty of Tudmir laid out the foundations for which peace would stand upon. The treaty displays how people valued peace, but also holds flaws that could have lead to people in disagreement. The treaty outlines how sacred …show more content…

He uses poetry to express his disagreement. Once again, like Albar, he does not attempt to infringe on peace. Hanagid expresses how homosexuality is wrongly frowned upon by people of all religions. Therefore, throughout the peace people feel, Hanagid fails to find peace for himself. One poem that can outline this is “In Fact I Love That Fawn.” From previous poems, the fawn represents a lover, mostly perceived as another man. In the poem, Hanagid metaphorically describes a sexual act with the man. Hanagid concludes by saying that it is a sin on him. In other words, he is aware how homosexuality is a sin in the eyes of God and his believers. As many people can come to peace on the fact of their religion being against homosexuality, Hanagid is an outlier, like Paul Albar, as he disagrees with this characteristic of peace. Still, the disagreement does not infringe peace, but Hanagid, as well as Albar, takes less value to these ideas of

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