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Quote #10
"Think it over, Charles,
You'd be well advised to beg my forgiveness!
You have slain my son, of that I am certain,
You very unjustly challenge my right to this country." (260.3589-92)
The Emir injects some reason into the good v. evil conflict. Instead of fighting Charlemagne because he is Christian and therefore wicked, he fights him for definite reasons—for specific things Charlemagne has done to him that he considers wrong. He accuses the Franks of being unjust rather than evil.