Essay on King Arthur

enchantment of the soul, one that awakened deep and buried feelings long lost and forgotten. That would fit, perhaps far too perfectly, Gwen having once cared for Lancelot, maybe even loved, but so far from being rekindled because of her true love for Arthur that Morgana would have needed

The Once and Future King Description of Guenever      Guenever is one whose personality and appearance fluctuates often during the course of her life. The facts that she fell in love with someone other than her husband and that she never bore a child contributes greatly to these abrupt and drastic changes.       The description of Guenever as a young wife is one with deep, clear blue eyes, which almost beheld a sort of fearlessness which was startling

In this section of the poem, I wanted the analyze the color selection of the Green Knight. Normally in these types of stories, King Arthur or any other heroic quest, the challenger that comes to the door is a dark or black knight; I wanted to understand the meaning behind the color green in the poem. One of the most prominent examples of the green significance was when the Green Knight brought in a holly branch in one hand, instead of carrying traditional knightly weapons, and a large axe in the

The Moral Codes of Comitatus and Chivalry Throughout history, there have been different codes of ethics that are often more important to a society that the governing laws of the land. While laws are written standards that people are compelled to abide by for fear of punishment, these codes serve as guideline for how people should live their lives. Two such codes are comitatus as demonstrated in Beowulf and chivalry as depicted in Morte D’Arthur. When the characters in these stories live by

The heroic epics of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight represent warrior and knightly ideal hero of bygone times; Sir Gawain displays chivalric and knightly values, while Beowulf displays a warrior hero’s values. Beowulf tells about Beowulf’s fantastical killing of the monster Grendel and Grendel’s mother. Tales of heroes are usually fantastical rather than realistic, but in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain’s brave quest and morally exhausting trails are more realistic. The physical

age, said Arthur, for to take so high an order on thee. Sir, said Griflet, I beseech you make me knight. Sir, said Merlin, it were great pity to lose Griflet, for he will be a passing good man when he is of age, abiding with you the term of his life. And if he adventure his body with yonder knight at the fountain, it is in great peril if ever he come again, for he is one of the best knights of the world, and the strongest man of arms. Well, said Arthur. So at the desire of Griflet the king made him

save the world. Humans change all the time but would a hero be the same? It seems to hard to believe that heroes are human too when people hear the grandiose tales of the epic heroes like the crafty Odysseus or mighty King Arthur. The heroes in the “Odyssey” and “The Once and Future King” seem to remain unaltered in their respective stories but that is not so. They are human and they do experience emotions and change throughout life just like any other person. In the “Odyssey” written by Homer, Odysseus

Dame Ragnell is the magical hag that aids Arthur in his quest for the answer to the "Holy Female Question." It is ultimately because of the noble, chivalrous and courtly Sir Gawain, that the true identity of the hag can be revealed. While Dame Ragnell is not an evil character, the hag is ultimately a character of question. One must wonder how trustworthy the hag truly is when magic is involved. From other Arthurian legends, such as Sir Gawain and

makes a mistake, and he repents for it greatly. The Green Knight rides into King Arthur's court, one Christmas Eve, and proposes a challenge, someone will hit him with his axe. Who ever did, had to see him on the next New Years eve, to receive a stroke, like his. King Arthur accepts the challenge, but Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, steps up and says, 'I have nothing to live for, but you do. Let me do it.' King Arthur consents. After the Knight receives his stroke, he rides off. Eventhough, Sir

between the women is that Triamoure is a woman of great wealth and in a world where wealth equals power Dame Triamour is possibly more powerful than Arthur, because she does not follow the traditional rules of a patriarchal society. Sir Launfal does not seem to be ashamed of this as he allows her to help him out of poverty. This is opposite of the Arthur and Gwennore relationship where he holds all the finances, thus has all of the power, because they are a part of a patriarchal society, where women’s