Topic > The Heptameron by Marguerite De Navarre, by Marguerite...

Amador believes that Florida's husband should not be the one she loves, “he is not worthy of the smallest corner of your heart. So you don't really belong to him, not even in body” (293). He also tries to make it seem like what he is doing is right by saying, “keep in mind that no sin can be imputed when the heart and body are bound by the power of love” (293). Florida disappointed that Amador is no longer the virtuous knight who once left the room and no longer loved him. Now, after all these years of servitude in Florida, was Amador obligated to do and say the things he did that night? One of the men made a decent argument by stating that men are true gentlemen with women because “they put on such haughty expressions and adopt such refined ways of speaking, that people who see nothing but their external experience are in awe of them and they feel obliged to admire and love them” (301). Men always tend to be intimidated by educated and powerful women and often approach them by telling and doing what they want, which is the same thing Amador did. The man also rightly pointed out: “However in private it is a completely different matter. Then Love is the sole judge of how we behave, and we soon discover that they are only women, and we are only men” (301). Once alone, love takes over and you forget who they are and see them as just another human being no better