Parable Of The Vineyard Justification Analysis

If the ‘Parable of the Vineyard’ is admitted to be a justification, then this statement is all the more valid for the parable narrated by Pearl. The words articulated directly before the biblical story denote exactly what the purpose of the teaching will be. Pearl claims that “Þer is no date of Hys [God’s] godnesse […] For al is trawþe þat He con dresse, and He may do noþynk bot ryȝt” (Pearl 493-496). The subject of the conversation which precedes this declaration also indicates that the aim of the retelling of the parable will be justification; a justification of the new position of Pearl and with this, a justification of the ways of God. The Poet having articulated the teaching of the parable in advance, let us examine what purpose the preaching …show more content…
It has been mentioned while examining the structure of the biblical narrative that there is one argument that stands for the extraordinary treatment of the eleventh hour workers, that is, they were designated to work, only they lacked the opportunity. With the addition of the extra conversation (ibid.: 515-520), however, this theory fails to function as far as Pearl is concerned. In the poem, therefore, it seems that not only is the last group anxious to deserve, and so, to work for their payment, but also the second group. On the basis of this, one may suspect that each and every worker has the affinity to work diligently, and the only difference between them is the duration of labour. Reflecting all this knowledge on the Pearl-Maiden, who is indeed one of the eleventh hour labourers, her “wage” does not seem to be so unfairly distributed, after all, she is one of all the workers, and she cannot help being hired later or to be more precise, being called away earlier by the …show more content…
Origen, by claiming that he has only transmitted the basic teaching of the parable, urges the ones who are, as he puts it, “qui nobis fuerit peritior […] sublimiore, ac majora, et cum omni intelligendi facultate super hac parabola reperturum, et depromptis solerter Scripturae verbis argumentorum copiam” (Patrologiæ 1362). His exhortation appears to have found its way to the Pearl-Poet, who, indeed, realized it in compiling his poem . By manipulating the interpretation of Origen, he managed to convey a completely new message in Pearl. Instead of comforting those who joined the Church at an advanced age, the Pearl-Poet might offer consolation to those who lost their relatives at a tender