Love is probably one of the most talked about things and it's a special thing: love; it makes us smile, cry, get angry, and do crazy things. Everyone needs to feel loved on some level, whether it's the love of a parent for their child or the love of a couple. Love has been written about for ages and has brought us stories like those of Cupid and Psyche, Romeo and Juliet and Orpheus and Eurydice. And then there is Sir Orfeo, the retelling of the myth of Orpheus, in which several types of love are manifested. They show loyalty, love, and the things that love makes characters do. All of them show in detail what crazy things deep devotion to someone can make us do. The first type of love displayed is that of a wife towards her husband. Heurodis loves Orfeo so much that she tears her face with her own nails in despair “And spat her face, it bled wet” (line 80) upon learning that she is forced to leave him. She knows that Orfeo won't be able to do anything, even if she is able to warn him: "Now we must do our best, because we must go." (lines 125-126). She is taken to the fairy realm to spend eternity in a near-death state. Having been married to Orfeo for a long time, she knows him and suspects that her departure would devastate him “the king had a quen de priis”. (line 51). This proves true when they see each other by accident one morning when he can see the Fairy King hunting with his company: "For the messages that were meant for him, that were so rich and rich, the Earth fell out of d 'She. .” (lines 325-327) His fear came true. While Heurodis languishes under the tree in the fairy world, Orfeo takes action to find her. He loves her so much that after her disappearance he leaves his kingdom to live like a beggar...... middle of paper ...... and it was he who died in place of his lord, which proves to Orfeo that he is an extremely loyal person, deserving of the throne if he were indeed dead. “King Orpheus knew well that his steward was a threefold man and loved him as he was permitted to do” (lines 553-555). The people cry with joy upon learning that their king has returned with his beloved. Orfeo and Heurodis are reinstated as king and queen and rule for many more years, as well as steward after their deaths. A steward fainting upon learning that his king is dead, a wife wasting away without wanting anything and a husband living in the desert for ten years. years, all out of love and loyalty. This romantic story shows typical examples of what is believed to be fictional love. Not only the fictional love between a husband and wife, but also the bonds between a king and his people. Works Cited Sir Orfeo, the Auchinleck Manuscript