“I have heard men talk of the blessings of freedom,” he said to himself, “but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”
Wamba was a Jester all the time spending by his master Cedric. He was kept like a prisoner by his master and often dreamt of freedom, and how he himself will decide where to go and what to do. During an attack of forest robbers he managed to escape. But now he was not so brave with his freedom; he did not understand earlier that freedom is responsibility.
“I forgive you, Sir Knight," said Rowena, "as a Christian." "That means," said Wamba, "that she does not forgive him at all.”
The author rather openly refers to a religious theme; he neither criticizes nor endorses it, but with the help of dialogues he shows all the vices of those who are devoted to church. He also shows brightness of the hearts of those who are devoted to God.
“Certainly, women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.”
The author once more wants to point to mendacity of monks and abbots who cannot to be trusted at all. Women are also supposedly not very faithful creatures; they are capricious and with changing moods, but still more reliable that those of church representatives.
“For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.”
After witnessing how Locksley treated Jew and Prior, who were captured by Locksley’s gang of robbers, the Black Knight admits that good can exit among evil, while one’s heart is full of gratitude. Some time ago, Locksley was wounded and well treated by Jew Isaak and his daughter, and now it was time to pay back, so he lets Isaak leave, as his daughter was in danger. And Locksley also says: “and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. Amongst those who are drawn into this lawless state, there are, doubtless, numbers who wish to exercise its license with some moderation, and some who regret, it may be, that they are obliged to follow such a trade at all.”, which means that it is not always the law that decides who is good and who is bad.
