Lancelot

by T.H. White and The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the love triangle between King Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot is revealed. Guinevere is married to Arthur, but she has feelings for Lancelot who is Arthurs most trusted knight. Each of these three characters have characteristics that could be their fatal flaw. The fatal flaws of King Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot all contribute in one way or another, to Arthur’s downfall. Arthur’s fatal flaw is outlined in his early years of growing

and the betrayal of friends, relate to many of our central beliefs as Catholics. In King Arthur, Galahad acts as a Jesus figure. Merlin prophesied Galahad to be born of Elaine and Lancelot and he was going to save the people of Logres. “I would see this boy before I pass from the ways of men, for his name is Lancelot, and another Elaine in the times to be shall bear him as one called Galahad” (page 73).

as a malicious villain who despises one specific character, Sir Lancelot Du Lake. The built up anger and revulsion Sir Tarquin feels towards Sir Lancelot results in Sir Tarquin becoming one of the most dexterous and malicious knights in all of Christendom. He becomes such by searching out, challenging, and defeating many knights of the Round Table. The reader can ask, “What is the motive behind Sir Tarquin’s quest?” Before Sir Lancelot and Sir Tarquin duel, Malory leaves this question open for the

satiric comedy about the quest of King Arthur. The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. Through satire and parody of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While

because no law was higher than the church and such actions were a sin. The actions of the secondary characters to the main characters creates conflict cause by these women's actions which these stories compose of the secret love between and sir Lancelot, and the wife's pursuit of pleasure. In the wife of baths tale and la Mort d' Arthur the leading plot of both these stories is conceived by the wife and Guinevere's lust and pursuit of love and happiness. The wife of baths tale takes place during

The debate on whether to sanction Queen Guinevere by death, or not, takes place between the Pope, King Arthur and Sir Lancelot through letters. Men who are the source of women’s suffering are the same ones to redeem them from their bondage. Although she is in more social limelight and higher status than other women, she suffers the same humiliation as they do. She is stripped

husband, she found herself taken a fancy to the young knight, Lancelot. She admired his broken face and found herself falling in love. She loved both Lance and Arthur. She felt

protectors of the realm, young men training to be knights in the middle ages were expected to follow the code of chivalry. Dedicated soldiers, young men fighting in World War One were expected to follow orders and perform their duty without question. Sir Lancelot of Camelot epitomized these ideas on how a soldier should act, leading many men to model their own lives after his legend. The deviations from the original Arthurian legend in Thomas Malory’s King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales and Edgar

noble. These three important virtues of a knight were clearly embodied by Sir Lancelot in Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Sir Lancelot outshined Sir Bedivere, Sir Modred, and King Arthur as a knight because he expressed the knightly virtues more than the others. Sir Lancelot proved to be merciful, honorable, and noble through his words and actions and the words and actions of other knights. Therefore, Sir Lancelot is the most virtuous knight because he greatly embodies mercy, honor, and nobility

concern for personal honor” (Lawall 1145) are shown multiple times over. Consequently, throughout the story, Arcite and Palamon faltered in their knightly code, much like the knights in the next story, Malory’s The Knight of the Cart. Here we find Lancelot and Meliagrance in love with Queen Guenever. Meliagrance deceitfully captures Guenever showing his