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The whole Gwendolyn scene

posted 10 years ago by jfitzpatrick3
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I wanted to get some thoughts from people about the Gwendolyn scene. I don't really understand it or the effects it may have had on Becket's and Henry's relationship. Could someone offer me an intrepretation?

"At the end of life, we will be judged by love" ST John of the Cross

[–] Techto (1388) 2 months ago

-spoilers follow-
At the beginning of the film, Henry, kneeling beside Becket’s grave, wondered if Becket had loved Gwendolyn and had hated him for taking her from him the night she killed herself. So Henry himself was in some doubt as to the import of that event and we never hear Becket say how, if at all, it had changed his feelings for Henry.