Gisli Sursson's Saga

This was a tragic saga and I felt for Gisli after all that he had been through. Thankfully, he had an intelligent and loyal wife. In the beginning I thought that all of the different characters were confusing to get straight, but it became clearer towards the end. Fate played an enormous role in this saga, like many others. When Thorgrim, Gisli, Thorkel, and Vestein were going to swear an oath to avenge eachother as if they were blood brothers, they did not go through with it and Gisli said, "I suspect fate will take its course now." And it did. It began with the wives of the brothers Thorkel and Gisli, who both admitted to liking at some point Thorgrim and Vestein. Thorkel overheard, left the farm he shared with Gisli, and their closeness was never the same. As it continued, jealousy and fate played their part as Thorkel kills Vestein and Gisli then kills Thorgrim. Later, Thorkel and Gisli are eventually killed for their murders. Their fate from the moment of the blood oath was death and abandonment of eachother. I also found it interesting that Gisli had dreams that prophesized how he and his brother would die. In the end, Gisli was shown to be very courageous and upright character, honored by all in his day. You could see how others liked him by how so many people were willing to care for him and hide him will he was outlawed. I enjoyed the poems that Gisli recited throughout the saga as well.