Bisclavret: Character Analysis

My client, the baron, is not guilty of being considered a heinous monster. He is in fact a nobleman who is respected and loved by his neighbors and his fellow knights. "He was a stout knight, and a man of office and repute. Right private was he to the mind of his lord, and dear to the counsel of his neighbors." Also, he was completely honest to his wife, which he loves dearly, when she inquired about his whereabouts. He did not hide the fact that he was being turned into the werewolf, and he completely trusted his wife to keep this secret, but with the presumption that she wouldn’t use it against him. The baron said "Wife, I become Bisclavaret. I enter in the forest, and live on prey and roots, within the thickest of the wood." This demonstrates how utterly honest he was with his wife.
Bisclavret's wife claims that she was terrified and did what she did for her life. However, there was no viable evidence to show that my client was a violent beast. His secret of becoming a werewolf had been contained long before she had been informed. There were no blatant signs of aggression before the wife discovered. There is no evidence to support that my client is violent or has ever hurt another human being.
Monsters do not express emotions and feelings about others with them. However, my client does. He loved his wife dearly before she betrayed him. "This baron was wedded to a very worthy dame, right fair to see, and sweet of semblance. All his love was set on her, and all her love was given again to him." Also, the baron was a loyal man who loved his lord greatly. All he wanted to do was serve him. "None had reason to do him wrong, forever was he about his master, and for his part did evil to none. Every day were these two companions together, and all perceived that the King loved him as his friend." The King allowed the baron to follow him, and the king loved him as a friend. Bisclavret never committed any acts of violence or evil against