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Ivanhoe
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Rebecca
as a dark skinned Jewish beauty with almost mystical powers of healing, Rebecca embodies the fascination.
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Sherwood forest
Robin Hood's world is a microcosm of a successful society in which everyone is decent and industrious.
Themes
Dispossession
national, individual, and cultural
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Abuse of power
in Ivanhoe people on all levels of society abuse their power because chivalric practise allows knights to hold captured enemies for ransom, the Norman knights believe they can capture passersby and demand money for their release.
Characters
Wilfred Ivanhoe - the novel's hero, average in size and thin wins every conflict he undertakes. he returns to England from the crusades in disguise, having been disowned by his father for joining the Norman king abroad. he loves his father's ward Rowena, defends the unjustly beset Rebecca, and faithfully serves king richard.
Rebecca - dark eyed jewish woman with a gift of healing endures mistreatment, especially when the knight Brian de Bois-Guilbert kidnaps her and she is found guilty of witch craft. Ivanhoe rescues her in trial by combat
Lady Rowena - tall and exquisitely fair Rowena the ward of Cedric, descends from Alfred the Great and is thus intended for a strategic alliance though she and Ivanhoe want to marry
King Richard - a large powerful figure disguised as the Black knight, Richard has returned from the crusades to find his kingdom struggling under his brother John's treacherous leadership. He rescues Ivanhoe at John's tournament and then again when Cedric's party is taken captive.
Prince John - attractive and opulently attired prince John rules tyranically in his brother's place with no intention of ceding control should Richard return
Cedric the Saxon - roughly 60 years old the Saxon thane is proud, broad-shouldered, and commanding. Ivanhoe's father and disinherited him for fighting with the Norman king Richard in the Crusades.
Brian de Bois-Guilbert - a valiant but arrogant and cruel knight of the knights Templar, he supports prince John and opposes Ivanhoe