They understand his complaint, these readers, and sympathize with him because of his plight and because of the eloquence with which he argues his position; they find it difficult to judge him according to the morality by which the narrative intelligence of the poem would judge him, even if eventually they do judge him that way; they find in him a complicated and alluring figure, and sometimes, in jest or with sincerity, go so far as to say that they ‘side’ with him; in short, they find him interesting.