T H White in his Midevil novel, The Once and Future King, written in 1965 .
portrays in Book III the development of the character of Lancelot, a man who reaches .
many goals through the many trials and tribulations of a growing man in the midevil times. .
In Book III Lancelot goes through the troubles and predicaments to become a real man .
and to live up to the code of chivalry. Set in the land of Camelot, the novel expresses the .
way that purity can be taken away without one knowing because of the actons he/she .
takes. Lancelot learns that he should of kept his purity by the means of Elaine, Guenevere, .
and the code of chilvary. In Once and Future King, T H White explains how loss of purity .
can result in unwanted hatred. .
Lancelot learns about keeping his purity through the means of Elaine. For example, .
a messenger comes and tells Lancelot that Guenevere is waiting for him at her castle. They .
get him drunk and take him to a dark room where really it's not Guenevere it's really .
Elaine playing a trick. She knew that Lancelot did not love her, but yet she still played a .
trick on him. While Lancelot was under the influence of alcohol, he loses his virginity to .
Elaine when he thought it was really Guenevere. According to the code of chivalry, one .
was supposed to save their virginity until they were married and knew that they were with .
the one woman that they loved. Even though Elaine knew that Lancelot had expectations .
to live up to, all she really cared about was herself. In result Elaine became pregnant and .
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Lancelot became very irate. Knowing that he should have not even of gotten drunk in the .
first place, he knew that he had been tricked into having sex with Elaine instead of .
Guenevere. Lancelot should have known not to even go to the castle in the first place. He .
knew he had a reputation to uphold. As you can tell Elaine played a major role in the way .
that Lancelot grew up into a man. She was the main reason he lost his purity.
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. ... Lancelot lived his entire life under these assumptions. ...
When King Arthur discovered the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, many Knights of the Round Table became furious with Lancelot. ... While out one day, Lancelot took a nap against a tree. ... Of course Lancelot fought for King Bagdemagus for his own freedom, but this was another dignified presentation of Lancelot's nobility. ... Guinevere also felt that Lancelot was her soul mate; Lancelot felt the same way towards her. ... Lancelot was truly the greatest knight in the Middle Ages. ...
Guinevere's influence upon the valor of Sir Lancelot is once again felt through the decision of Lancelot to cross The Sword Bridge. ... Lancelot faces this challenge with no fear. ... The love Lancelot conveys for Guinevere portrays that "Guinevere has so inspired Lancelot in his knightly endeavors" that she may be identified as the source of Lancelot's valor (Armstrong 199). 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, but during t...
Elaine finds Lancelot and nurses him back to health. Lancelot leaves Camelot on two separate occasions to spend time with her and their son, Galahad. ... Lancelot rescues Guinevere from being burned at the stake. Arthur and his armies lay siege to Lancelot's castle. ... Arthur and Gawain, however, continue to plot against Lancelot. ...
Guinevere never expresses her love and admiration for Lancelot until Book XVIII, when Sir Mador takes her. After Lancelot sends Mador on his way, Guinevere holds Lancelot and cries. She cries because of her ungratefulness to Lancelot in the past. ... In Book XIX, Lancelot is going to great lengths to make his way into Guinevere's bedroom from the window. ... This Is another act of Lancelot's love for the Queen. ...
Lancelot knew that Mador was a strong knight, but because he was loyal to Guinevere and Arthur, he fought Mador. ... After Lancelot sent Mador on his way, Guinevere held Lancelot and cried. She cried because of her ungratefulness to Lancelot in the past. ... This was another act of Lancelot's love for the Queen. As his reward, Guinevere slept with Lancelot; they carried out their passions for one another. ...
Another is Lancelot and Guinevere, Lancelot sees her as this end goal. ... The influences of sexuality from Guinevere pushes Lancelot to be the best knight. ... This applies to Lancelot and Guinevere where "he did many deeds of arms, and saved her from the fire through his noble chivalry" (273). ... This is shown through Lancelot's point of view that women would only tie him down from his knightly duties. ... In addition, Merlin's warning to Arthur that marrying Guinevere would only bring him misery, comes to play when she gets an affair with Lancelot. ...
The probably most famous example for a courtly love relationship is the Legend of King Arthur and his wife who fell in love with the knight Sir Lancelot. Lancelot, who totally represents the ideal of the brave, strong and honourable knight, affects the queen by his heroic actions and is clearly her favourite (cf. ... The term 'courtly love', as we know it, was introduced by Gaston Paris in 1883 to describe the illicit, secret, demeaning and ultimately disastrous love of Lancelot and Queen Guinevere (cf. ... In the light of these severe historical realities, the love story of Lancelo...
