Write a paper on the ordeal of the iron rod
Each topic will begin with an assertion, which will sometimes be further explained in a following sentence or two. You will provide an extended argument either supporting that assertion or challenging it. Your argument must include (a) textual evidence in favor of the thesis you put forward, (b) one or two objections which an opponent might make to your claims, and (c) either or both of (c1) objections you make to the opponent’s position or (c2) rebuttals of the opponent’s objections. End the paper with a brief summary of the outcome of this back-and-forth. An excellent essay will cover all these points, but not necessarily in a ‘by-the-numbers’ fashion; it will be concise and elegantly structured, and it will briefly consider what implications the stand taken on the particular point in the question has for the overall interpretation of the work in question.
Topic: The ordeal of the iron rod in The Romance of Tristan and Iseut shows that God approves of the adulterous union between Tristan and Iseut and of her concealing it by swearing an equivocal oath.
