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... story. Pierre and his sons-in-law believe the soldier’s story, and Pierres daughters and Bertrande continue to believe “Martin” is Martin. As their case was being heard before a judge (Coras), a man with a wooden leg enters the courtroom. The man enters right before the judge was going to free him. The man claims to be Martin Guerre. The judges were then forced to determine who the real Martin was. After having certain people look at them and ask them both questions. They figured out that the man claiming to be “Martin” wasn’t and his name was Arnaud. He was convicted of being an imposter and later was executed for the crime. Now the village had resolved the dispute. How did Bertrande seek freedom? Family- She was willing to go against her own family to seek a better, happier life. She had lied about him being her husband, because she felt that Arnaud treated her better. She wanted to be totally feed from her old marriage, and she wanted to be treated better and have a better life with Arnaud and her son. Village- She was willing and did go against half of the village to act like Arnauld was her real husband. She lied to the village people and her own family to be freed from her old marriage with Martin. Gender- She was acquitted because the judge felt bad for her because she was tricked (at least that is what they thought). He said women are often victims of a man’s wickedness and that is why the judge let her go. How did Arnaud seek freedom? Family- Arnaud tried to seek freedom by saying he was “Martin” because he wanted to be able to take the real Martins place and be the husband to his wife. He wanted to be free and be able to have a new life with Betrande. He wanted to take Martins place and be free of the life he lived previously. Village- He went to the army to seek freedom from his village. That is when he met Martin and found out a...