These characters are of high social standing, as he stresses the importance of social hierarchy, and how it is affected by that which man calls "love." ... Marie terms adultery as being "foolishness, wickedness and debauchery," to take lovers wherever one goes, then boast of the sexual deeds. ... Guigemar is faithful to his lady, as is both symbolized and actualized in the lovers exchange, before being discovered by the lady's husband. ... He was considered to be a "lost cause by friend and stranger alike," despite being described as the best knight in the realm. ... The Lord i...

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