Lancelot went and broke the Chivalry code by
sleeping with Queen Guinevere, which lead to the disbanding and uprising of the
Round Table and Arthur’s Court. Considering the time period and the fact that
it is completely acceptable to do so, I still found the fact that Arthur had
his wife sentenced to death a little harsh. Arthur is supposed to be this
extremely noble character and yet he doesn't hesitate to murder his wife or ask
the knights closest to sir Lancelot to attend the prosecution of his wife. This
then leads Lancelot to accidentally murder these knights and Arthur proceeded
to act all surprised and devastated that that happened. In fact, in the story
it actually says he swooned, which is not very manly or noble at all.
I also find it interesting that despite the fact
that Guinevere knows the code and the consequences of breaking said code, she
still does it. Guinevere was a symbol of purity and nobility and she put it all
on the line for Lancelot, and lost everything.
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