Sir Lancelot Du Lac was quite possibly the bravest and most gallant knight in the Middle Ages. All of his battles were unbalanced due to his great skill. He was King Arthur's best and first knight. He was very adventurous and prone to getting into trouble, from which he always emerged without a scratch. Despite Lancelot Du Lac's flaws, he is still regarded as the noblest knight of the round table. He was the perfect knight and the model of a great fighter who never lost a battle in his lifetime. .
Lancelot had the bravery of many men and the might of countless more men. Lancelot was very adventurous and never turned down an endeavor. He never let anyone but the king order him around. Above all he was very haughty in that way, but noble towards his king and country.
When King Arthur discovered the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, many Knights of the Round Table became furious with Lancelot. Gawain was one of the most determined to avenge King Arthur and went to Lancelot's castle and challenged him to a duel. Gawain lost, and challenged him to many other duels, and lost many more times. Eventually, Gawain died from the wounds that Lancelot issued to him. A knight who looses a battle, or dies, against Lancelot does not see it as a total loss as Gawain did. Nevertheless, Gawain thought it a noble death to die by the greatest knight's sword. .
King Arthur was furious with his much-loved knight and tried to persecute him. Lancelot instead took Guinevere quickly to his castle, Joyous Guard, in Brittany, France. Lancelot left because he knew King Arthur would not like the sight of his favorite knight betraying him. This tore the Knights of the Round Table asunder and King Arthur when he tried to rescue Guinevere. Mordred took seize of England while his father was out. He even tried to obtain Queen Guinevere for himself. Also in turn Lancelot killed many of his friends and Knights of the Round Table trying to protect Guinevere for his own bidding.
Sir Lancelot's intense desire to perform heroic deeds was brought on by his lack of confidence and insecurity. ... Secondly, Lancelot lived a baneful existence as a boy. ... It seems the only true answer is that Lancelot was ugly. ... Another example is Lancelot's affair with Guenever. ... (p.323) Lancelot had to pstakes up to his demonic soul. ...
Loyalty is being faithful to a cause, ideal or custom, and because of that, Sir Lancelot often displays the acts of loyalty and bravery. In Book XVIII, Sir Mador kidnaps Queen Guinevere. ... One of Queen Guinevere's main objectives of cleansing her soul is allowing her to forgive herself for the courtly love expressed between her and Sir Lancelot. ... Sir Lancelot prove his love to Queen Guinevere many times, especially when he is going after her every time she is kidnap, and fights for her, making sure that the kidnappers would not be able to take her again. Guinevere never expresses...
Guinevere's influence upon the valor of Sir Lancelot is once again felt through the decision of Lancelot to cross The Sword Bridge. As Sir Gawain chose the sunken bridge to cross, Lancelot accepts the challenge of crossing the sword bridge, a bridge so dangerous, "so exceedingly risky that no one has ever gotten across" (de Troyes 668-669). ... Lancelot faces this challenge with no fear. ... No other moment is this love's control over Lancelot more apparent than when Lancelot fights Meleagant to rescue Guinevere. ... Lancelot escapes his imprisonment so that he may fight, b...
Loyalty is being faithful to a cause, ideal or custom, and because of that, Sir Lancelot often displayed the acts of loyalty and bravery. ... One of Queen Guinevere's main objectives of cleansing her soul was allowing her to forgive herself for the courtly love expressed between her and Sir Lancelot. ... Sir Lancelot proved his love to Queen Guinevere many times, especially when he went after her every time she was kidnapped, and fought for her, making sure that the kidnappers would not be able to take her again. Guinevere never expressed her love and admiration for Lancelot until Book XV...
Lancelot learns about keeping his purity through the means of Elaine. ... Lancelot should have known not to even go to the castle in the first place. ... Guenevere also played a major role in the loss of Lancelot's purity. Guenevere was the woman that Lancelot had loved all his life. ... Lancelot had an idea set in his mind that everything he did had to be perfect. ...
Contrast between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King both show psychological and physical actions. ... Sir Gawain and the Green Knight shows more physical factors than psychological factors. Throughout the whole poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain demonstrates many factors. ... One of the mental elements in this story is when Gareth and Lancelot argue about why the real reason the king has gone hunting on purpose so that Lancelot will go to the queen. ... Lancel...
White, the reader is introduced to Wart, a foster child who is left in the care of Sir Ector. ... Elaine finds Lancelot and nurses him back to health. ... Only three knights, Sir Bors, Sir Percival, and Sir Galahad, are pure enough to find the holy vessel. ... Lancelot rescues Guinevere from being burned at the stake. Arthur and his armies lay siege to Lancelot's castle. ...
The Lady of Shalott ` Once upon a time there was a mystery lady who lived in a castle an island, in a river near a town called Camelot. She has never been seen before, the only time anyone knows she is there is when the reapers who are reaping the barley and rye from the fields near by hear her si...