Religion plays a major role in The Song of Roland. Christianity and Islam are the two religions that are practiced by the Franks and the Saracens. ... Even though both sides believe their religion to be the right one, Christianity is portrayed as the good religion. ... Also, Turpin confesses his sins to God before he dies and Olivier blesses Roland before he dies, and they both forgive each other before dying. ... Gabriel comes down to take the dead Roland to paradise. ... The Christian Franks take their religion very seriously, definitely ristians in The Song of Roland and Christians nowadays, but then I realized that the Franks view their more seriously than people do today. ... Roland does not blow his horn because he honestly believes that there is no way they will lose the battle since they have God on their side. ...
I think that the way Christianity was portrayed In Song of Roland was very different from how it is portrayed today.
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