The Giaour

We read The Giaour, a very confusing poem, awhile back that had to do with Byronic heros. Ms. Hodges translated the poem for us, thank the lord, and helped us figure out what exactly was going on. Here is what I got out of it; The Giaour was in love with one of Hassan's harlots but the Giaour and Leila's affair did not make Hassan happy. When he found out Leila had betrayed him he tied her up and threw her in the ocean to die. The Giaour decided he didn't like that very much so he chopped Hassan's head in half. Little did he know Hassan would be having a great time in the afterlife while he was miserable on earth sulking over his dead lover, Leila. The Giaour should have never taken revenge on Hassan because he had to live with the guilt, along with the pain of losing his loved one. Hassan would have eventually got what he deserved had the Giaour not killed him. As passionate as the Giaour was making the priests mad on his death bed also not a great idea. If you ask me the Giaour was setting himself up for misery and was a real Debi downer for the rest of his life.