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    AN ANALYSIS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT’S “​BONNIE DUNDEE”

    Andini Tantia 14/360055/SA/17306


    Amandani Vicky Z.F. 14/365155/SA/17444

    ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
    FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES
    UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
    YOGYAKARTA
    2017

    A. Biography
    Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. He was afflicted by poliomyelitis
    when he was a baby, which left him permanently crippled. He was educated at Edinburgh
    High School and later went into University of Edinburgh where he studied Law. In 1792 he
    became an advocate. In 1799 he was appointed as Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire and in 1806
    he was made a Clerk of the Court of Session, where he still pursued his dream to become a
    writer and a poet. In 1826 the printing company with which he was involved collapsed. Sir
    Walter lost everything he owned, but he vowed to clear his enormous debt by heroically
    taking on a huge programme of book. However, he died in 1832.

    B. Works & Publication


    His first major publication was his three-volume collection of ballads which he had
    gathered and edited, ​The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ​(1802–3). Was followed by his
    long romantic poems “ The Lay of the Last Minstrel” (1805), “Marmion” (1808) and “ The
    Lady of the Lake” (1810). After this he turned to prose and began writing historical novels.
    Some of his works which are famously known are ​Waverley ​(1814), ​Rob Roy (​ 1818), Th​e
    Heart of Midlothian ​(1818) and ​Ivanhoe ​(1820).

    C. About Bonnie Dundee


    “Bonnie Dundee” is a poem which occurs as a song in Scott’s play Th​e Doom of
    Devorgoil​. It is still sung and recited frequently although the play itself is rarely performed.
    This poem has connection with his novel Old Mortality, published in 1816. The story gives
    sympathetic portrait of Claverhouse, which written there as​ Claverhouse's troopers "humming
    the lively Scottish air, 'Between Saint Johnstone and Bonny Dundee, I'll gar ye be fain to
    follow me'." “Bonny” was the common description of the town of Dundee before Scott
    transferred the description to Claverhouse.
    On 22 December 1825 Scott wrote on his journal:
    The air of ‘Bonnie Dundee’ running in my head today I [wrote] a few verses to it before
    dinner, taking the key-note from the story of Claverse leaving the Scottish Convention of
    Estates in 1688-9.

    Bonny Dundee is the nickname of the dashing soldier, John Graham of Claverhouse,
    Viscount Dundee, ​for which he was called "Bluidy Clavers" (Bloody Claverhouse) by his
    opponents.​ He was a loyal Jacobite who is a supporter of the Stuart King James VII of
    Scotland. When the Convention of Scottish Estates rejected James in favour of William of
    Orange. In 1689 Bonny Dundee left Edinburgh and made for the Highlands to raise an army
    to support James. He later defeated the supporters of William convincingly at battle of
    Killiecrankie but later was killed in the battle.

    D. The Poem

    Bonnie Dundee
    by Sir Walter Scott
    Tae the lairds i' convention t'was Claverhouse spoke
    E'er the Kings crown go down, there are crowns to be broke
    Then each cavalier who loves honour and me
    Let him follow the bonnet o' bonnie Dundee.
    Chorus
    Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can
    Come saddle my horses and call out my men
    Unhook the west port and let us gae free,
    For it's up wi' the bonnets o' bonnie Dundee!
    Dundee he is mounted, he rides doon the street,
    The bells they ring backwards, the drums they are beat,
    But the Provost, douce man, says "Just e'en let it be
    For the toun is well rid of that de'il o' Dundee."
    Chorus
    There are hills beyond Pentland and lands beyond Forth,
    Be there lords i' the south, there are chiefs i' the north!
    There are brave Duinnewassels, three thousand times three
    Will cry "Hey!" for the bonnets o' bonnie Dundee.
    Chorus
    Then awa' to the hills, to the lea, to the rocks
    Ere I own a usurper, I'll crouch with the fox
    And tremble, false whigs, in the midst of your glee
    Ye hae no seen the last o' my bonnets and me!
    E. Summary of the Poem

    This poem tells of the day he left Edinburgh. He and his followers ride down the West
    Bow into the Grass-market and out though the West Port (Gate). Only the Castle is still loyal
    to King James, the rest of the town is full of Whigs and Covenanters, his enemies. As he and
    his men make their way out of city the Provost is glad to see him go, the young girls admire
    him and his heavily armed enemies look on him with hatred but are still very afraid of him
    and move out of his way. He stops below the Castle rock to assure its Jacobite commander,
    the Duke of Gordon, that he is going to the Highlands where he is sure he will attract support
    for King James. He proclaims that he will never surrender to William of Orange, and then he
    and his men gallop away.

    E. Questions

    1. What is the history behind the poem ​Bonnie Dundee?​


    2. What is symbol of the bonnet of ​Bonnie Dundee?​

    G. Analysis
    ​History Behind ​Bonnie Dundee
    On the death of Charles II, his brother, James VII of Scotland and II of England,
    succeeded to the throne. (The word Jacobite comes from the Latin for James - ​Jacobus.​ ) He
    was a Roman Catholic and a firm believer in the divine right of Kings. Both stances made
    him so unpopular that in 1688 Parliament invited William of Orange and Mary (James II's
    daughter by his first wife, a Protestant) to rule. In 1689 James VII & II was deposed. In the
    sixty years that followed there were five attempts to restore James and his descendants to the
    throne. Of these, three were major - 1689, 1715 and 1745.
    First and Second Jacobite Uprising (1689, 1708)
    In 1689 the Convention of Estates in Scotland found in favour of William and Mary,
    recognizing them as the legitimate monarchs. This led to the first Jacobite (Latin for James)
    rebellion. The most prominent figure of the first uprising was Bonnie Dundee, John Graham.
    However, Graham was killed in his victory at the war of Killikrankie (July 1689) and shortly
    thereafter the resistance was defeated at the Battle of Dunkeld. James had raised an army in
    Ireland where a Parliament had acknowledged him as king. However, his forces in Ireland
    were defeated by William at the Battle of the Boyne (July 1690) and James fled back to
    France. At Limerick, the last remnants of the Jacobites were defeated and the Jacobite forces
    surrendered.

    Third and Fourth Jacobite Uprising (1715, 1719)


    In 1715 John Erskine, Earl of Mar, (known later as "Bobbing John" because he
    changed sides and later informed on many of his former allies), raised the clans again. The
    battle at Sheriffmuir was indecisive, but the Jacobites withdrew. A small Jacobite army was
    defeated at Preston. James VIII (the Old Pretender) landed at Peterhead but was forced to
    retreat to France.
    Fifth Jacobite Uprising (1745)
    Charles Edward Stuart, the son of James VIII and Bonnie Prince Charlie, landed in
    Scotland in July 1745. The English, under General John Cope moved north, but not knowing
    the troops of Jacobite forces, avoided battle. He marched to Inverness and Aberdeen and then
    finally, in September sailed to Edinburgh to meet the Jacobite forces that were at Dunbar.
    The Battle of Presonpans was a complete victory for the Jacobites (largely due to the efforts
    of Lord George Murray).
    Bonnie Prince Charlie was hounded for months by English troops. The Butcher of
    Cumberland brutally suppressed the Highlands. Wearing of the kilt and use of the tartan was
    prohibited on pain of death, the gathering of clans was forbidden and the Highland culture
    virtually destroyed. Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped only with the help of Flora MacDonald,
    who dressed him up as her servant "Betty Burke" to get him safely to the Isle of Skye where
    he then took ship to France.
    Bonnie Prince Charlie's fortunes never recovered. He became an alcoholic. His wife
    eventually deserted him and he moved to Rome where he died in 1788 at the age of 67. His
    brother, Henry Stuart, Cardinal York became the last Stuart pretender. The Jacobite was lost,
    alive only in sentiment and in a large number of Jacobite songs. The cause eventually became
    so romanticized that George III even granted a pension to Henry Stuart.
    Symbol of Bonnet
    A Scottish bonnet is primarily the styles of men’s hats worn in the Highlands of
    Scotland not a sunbonnet or the bonnets seen on ladies during our Civil War and in the Wild
    West. ​Originally a soft, knitted blue cap with a flat voluminous crown, it gave the
    Highlanders their nickname ‘Bluebonnets’.

    The famous blue bonnets worn by Jacobite rebels during the Uprising of 1745-46
    which ended in the tragic Battle of Culloden. Dyed with woad, the felted wool “scone
    cap” was actually a very popular workingman’s hat for years – perfect practical protection
    for damp weather. The Jacobites made it a symbol of affiliation on the field of battle by
    decorating it with a white ribbon sewn into the the shape of St. Andrew’s cross — a
    wearable a saltire.

    Lastly, Symbol of the bonnets in Sir Walter Scott’s ​Bonnie Dundee are liberty, royal
    power, and chivalry. Those three symbols refer to the main character who is Bonnie Dundee.
    The poem tells us that Bonnie Dundee want to gain liberty, royal power, and chivalry
    (because he is a knight) by joining a civil war.
    REFFERENCE
    http://www.contemplator.com/history/claverhouse.html
    http://skyelander.orgfree.com/dundee.html
    https://reginajeffers.blog/2014/06/03/the-legend-behind-sir-walter-scotts-the-bonnets-o-b
    onnie-dundee/
    http://www.scottish-wedding-dreams.com/scottish-bonnets.html

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