Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue

I find that it rather interesting how highly valued poetry is in these stories. If a poem is good, one can instantly gain freinds in high places. I also thought that it was interesting that a theme in this story and in previous tales, is the theme of challenging kings' power or the induviduals' power. The latter is a theme that is culturally apart of America Today. While the prior is not as highly valued, it still is valued but not to the extent that it was.