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In Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott asserts his beliefs that individual moral…
In Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott asserts his beliefs that individual moral codes, as supported by a professed identity, should be held higher than political or economic considerations through the utilization of a tone shift, developed through literary strategies, as seen in the dialogue between Rebecca and Bois-Guilbert.
Bois Guilbert - speaks forcefully in favor of rejecting his identity for the political power and ambition he seeks.
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Bois-Guilbert professes that he will have great power should he abandon the Templars for Rebecca and flee to Palestine.
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With this forceful argument, Scott aims to have readers consider their own political and economic ambitions in light of their identities.
As a notable contrast, Rebecca does not yield to this argument from Bois-Guilbert and communicates scorn for his willingness to abandon his Christian and Templar identity.
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Rebecca says in response to Bois-Guilbert's plan that it is "a dream -- an empty vision of the night" (Scott 399).
As it is such, Rebecca cannot consider Bois-Guilbert's proposal as part of her feasible reality.
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Rebecca remains steadfast in scorn of Bois-Guilbert, proving to Scott's readers that it is possible to hold individual moral values over all other considerations, in an attempt to give his readers the power to do the same with their own values
Ivanhoe as a whole reflects the idea that individual values should prevail over political or economic aims and desires, as seen to be initially supported by Rebecca.
Scott arranges Ivanhoe so that his protagonists reflect the same values as Rebecca, putting individual values of identity before political or economic ambitions.
Athelstane, the rightful Saxon leader, renounces his political aims for the easy life his personal values allow him to partake in.
Isaac, Rebecca's father, overcomes his love of wealth because he values his love for his daughter more.
Wilfred of Ivanhoe rejects his father's views and upholds his personal moral codes in proper chivalric service to King Richard.
This idea of the triumph of personal moral values of identity over political and economic gain is repeated through all these characters precisely because Scott hopes the reader will take note and respond to political and economic pressures in kind with the ultimate aim of preserving unique identities that may otherwise be lost to such forces.
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Sir Walter Scott is concerned with the continuance of the unique Scottish identity after the political and economic Act of Union that bound Scotland to the UK.
Key: Blue: paragraph 1
Teal: reason for everything discussed in 1
Orange: paragraph 2
Red: reason for everything discussed in paragraph 2
Green: paragraph 3
Yellow: overall purpose
Purple: introduction for Scott