English literature
Crucifixion, is both symbolically represented and narrated by a participant. The functions of both
symbol and narrator are performed by the rood, Christ's Cross. It first appears as a visionary symbol of
overpowering mystery. It is a towering tree, at one moment covered in gold and jewels, at the next
soaked in blood. But then the Cross begins to address the dreamer as an ordinary tree which got
involved long ago in events which passed its own comprehension. This narrative of the Crucifixition is
even more forceful and the death is also a victory. Using the old language of heroic poetry, The Cross
represents itself as the loyal follower of a lord who inexplicably wills his own death. In a normal battle
to obey your leader's command is to help defend his life, but for this follower it is to serve his lord's
absolute will for death by remaining rigidly upright (to stand fast). The Cross speaks for the bewildered
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