In Yönec and Bisclavret by Marie De France, the supernatural element is used to emphasize virtue. Those who embrace the supernatural are depicted as worthy and morally upright, while those who are repelled by the supernatural are depicted as wicked and immoral. In Bisclavret, the supernatural situation of the lord draws attention to the virtues of love and fidelity. In Yönec, Muldumarec's shapeshifting abilities are used to emphasize the virtues of courtly love. Muldumarec's prophecy before his death establishes him as a character so virtuous that he is gifted with prescience. In both tales, those who come between a supernatural being and their quest for virtue are severely punished. In Bisclavret, the supernatural lord is "a good knight, handsome, known to be / everything that makes nobility". / Prized, he was, much, by his liege lord; / and his neighbors adored him. (De France 17-20) His virtue is established before his mythical curse is revealed. His wife, “a worthy soul, / very elegant and beautiful” (21-22) worries that she is breaking her marriage vows and has taken a mistress. She begs: “Tell me, dear husband; tell me, pray, / What are you doing? Where are you staying? / It seems to me that you have found another one! / You are wronging me if you have a lover! (48-52) In order to convince his wife that he is innocent, he tells her of his condition. Hearing his confession: “She felt terror at this strange story. / She thought about the means she could use to leave this man. / She couldn't sleep with him anymore. (98-102) She is so disgusted by the idea that her faithful husband is not purely human, that she agrees to be a knight's lover if he helps her get away from the beast she imagines...... middle of paper ...... considered ungodly and frightening, while the powers of men are natural and are gifts from God himself. The author was quick to show that women's virtues should be manifested through obedience, beauty and piety. The wife of the lord of Bisclavret fails to provide for her husband and is tortured by the king, the wolf, then by the genetic malformations of her offspring. The wife of the lord of Yönec accepts Muldumarec's gifts and is blessed with fleeting happiness and the postmortem adoration of her son's subjects.Works CitedFrom France, Marie. “Bisclavret” The Norton anthology of women's literature. Ed. Sandra M. Gibert, Susan Gubar. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company, Inc, 2007. 18-24. Print.From France, Marie. “Yönec” The Norton anthology of women's literature. Ed. Sandra M. Gibert, Susan Gubar. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company, Inc, 2007. 25-36. Print.