The Admirable History Of The Pseudo-Martin

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In our life from the ancient ages till modern era, not everything is appreciated. When it comes to some human appreciable values such as being there in time when your friend needs you, helping your neighbors and taking care of your relatives, people often forget about it. But the most forgotten part is that when two people marry each other, one or another forgets promises and words given. Head of family members must fulfill each other’s wanting and satisfy their needing desires. Rejecting their title and responsibilities leads to a family misunderstandings and conflicts. In most cases the man doesn't appreciates his wife and makes problems from nothing. Therefore, one of them divorces or leaves the family. It takes much time to realize mistakes …show more content…
She is mostly focused on France and also other parts of Europe. There two primary sources for this case, and they are a book by Judge Jean de Coras and another one by a lawyer, whose name is Guillaume La Sueur and his book called "the Admirable History of the Pseudo-Martin". Natalie Davis author also uses different secondary sources to find out the descriptive and detailed parts of the story. Also, Davis seeks to deeply analyze the social conditions of that time period, that could produce such a very strange act. Was it social condition or the religious belief, that impacted their life and interfered with that …show more content…
He had social skills and could use his retained memories to show himself as the real Martin Guerre. Arnaud was a good father and almost helped anyone. He was cheerful than real Martin who was mean, pessimist and could rarely smile. Also, Arnaud could read and write, he was strong. There was a reason behind the Arnaud's precisely using all the personal details and life key information of real Martin Guerre. Martin Guerre and Arnaud were soldiers during the war and Arnaud saw the pessimistic views of Martin and his wish not to go back to his village. Arnaud thought that he has a chance to start a new life and have wife. That's why he learned and remembered every life details and key events of Martin's life. The fake Martin or Arnaud was living a peaceful life and enjoying the new identity he made for himself, until the vagabonds saw him and told others that Arnaud isn't real Martin. Vagabonds also mentioned that real Martin lost his one foot and still alive. (AFTER MARTIN GUERRE had his leg shot off at the battle of Saint-Quentin, he had two pieces of good fortune. First, he did not die of his wound, but survived the surgeon's treatment and was able to hobble around on a wooden leg. The return of Martin Guerre , pg 83) The villagers were divided in their opinion about whether Fake Martin in reality is Arnaud, is real Martin or no. Of course, in the end of the court listening

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