The love of a falcon Vs. a woman
Love is essentially giving and sacrificing, the act of doing something without determining the consequences for the sake of someone, or even just caring for someone so much that the love comes out in bursts. The acts of love and how they can make anyone do just about anything, including killing a falcon, and serving it to the woman of dreams is the main theme in the tale “Federigo's Falcon”.
The Falconer by Jacques Callot, symbolizes the main theme in many different ways, including the Falconer’s yearning for the princess, the fact showing that is he’s hiding behind the tree, showing he’s scared as if he’s contemplating the idea of whether or not he should show himself to beautiful woman, or hide in his cowardice ways. If he did ride up to her and talked to her, that’s one of the acts of love, confidence. Confidence, in the acts of love, is basically doing something where the heart has taken control of the mind and set it’s course, in this situation the beautiful lady. If he hid in his cowardice ways, it’d prove that even though his love for her is strong, he’s not ready for all of the tasks before him, which makes him more of a character then if he did go up to her.
He’s debating the idea of being in a relationship with her would benefit the both of them, or just him. The acts of love has two different sides what one person wants out of love and what the other person wants as well. In this situation, he’s contemplating, not what’s best for him, but what’s best for her as well. Even though it may be hard for him, he will do what is best for the both of them. That’s what one of the many acts of love is, doing what’s best for each other, not what's best for one. Also, the horse looks like it just stopped, showing he just got there while he’s contemplating the idea, which can be shown into the acts of love, he’s scared on what she’ll think of him, just like Federigo was whenever he saw her. The falcon is also there to show how much he cares for the falcon, because if he didn’t care for the falcon, he could have left him anywhere. Just like the theme, the falcon will go wherever the Falconer goes, because he cares for his master in only a way that a animal lover and his pet can show. In the end, The Falconer symbolizes the main theme of “Federigo’s Falcon”, which is the acts of love, in meaning that they can make anyone do anything. Even though, no matter what The Falconer does, it’d be an act of love. There are many possibilities of which the situation may turn out, people can assume he chose the right decision.
Callot, Jacques, The Falconer, French, 1592-1635, National Gallery Of Art, Wed, Feb. 11, 2014
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