In both epics there are positive role models, who are considered to be the heroes or heroines of the epics, however, there are negative role models as well, that do not represent their society with respectful values. In the Poem of the Cid the positive role models would be Doña Jimena, the wife of the Cid, Minaya Alvar Fáñez his cousin and lieutenant, his vassal Pedro Bermúdez, and the Cid himself. All these role models depict values that represent their society from honesty and loyalty of the Cid’s wife to him to cousins who is a constant companion and confidant to the Cid and the value of loyalty is shown by vassal Pedro. The Cid shows his value to his society through his loyalty and generosity to his vassals. “All of you are paid, no
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The negative role models of the Cid are Count Garcia Ordoñez who is the Cid’s enemy and does not represent the values that the Cid embodies and the Princes of Carríon who become the husbands of the Cid’s daughters who displayed cowardice which is not a value that represents the society. “One of the heirs of Carríon, Fernando González, found no place to hide, neither room nor tower to run to, and so was in such a funk, he dived under the bench where the Cid was sleeping. Diego, the other infant, ran screaming out the door” when the Cid tamed the lion and put it back in its cage the “…infantes de Carríon felt themselves disgraced, and surely, did not take it lightly.” The Sundiata also has negative role models that do not represent their society. The sorcerer-king of Soso Soumaoro and Sundiata’s stepmother Sassouma Bérété. Sassouma did not respect her husband as she should have. She did not honor his choice to make Sundiata the King of Mali instead she got her son to be king instead. She tried to have Sundiata killed so that he would not ruin her son’s destiny. Dishonoring your husband is not a value that is expressed in the Malian society. These values of positive role models function as a way for children to grow up and learn how to act and become a productive
The negative role models of the Cid are Count Garcia Ordoñez who is the Cid’s enemy and does not represent the values that the Cid embodies and the Princes of Carríon who become the husbands of the Cid’s daughters who displayed cowardice which is not a value that represents the society. “One of the heirs of Carríon, Fernando González, found no place to hide, neither room nor tower to run to, and so was in such a funk, he dived under the bench where the Cid was sleeping. Diego, the other infant, ran screaming out the door” when the Cid tamed the lion and put it back in its cage the “…infantes de Carríon felt themselves disgraced, and surely, did not take it lightly.” The Sundiata also has negative role models that do not represent their society. The sorcerer-king of Soso Soumaoro and Sundiata’s stepmother Sassouma Bérété. Sassouma did not respect her husband as she should have. She did not honor his choice to make Sundiata the King of Mali instead she got her son to be king instead. She tried to have Sundiata killed so that he would not ruin her son’s destiny. Dishonoring your husband is not a value that is expressed in the Malian society. These values of positive role models function as a way for children to grow up and learn how to act and become a productive