What I found interesting about Morte Darthur and his chivalric knights is that they seem to be clashing the old and the new characteristics associated with heroic acts and what it means to be a man of honor and respect. Lancelot's breaking of the chivalric code by sleeping with the Queen is what brings the Knights to conspire against him, but morals and civility break down into infighting between knights when he is confronted.
Lancelot, even surrounded and without armor inside the Queen's chamber seems not to worry, claiming "in all my life thus was I never beset that i should be thus shamefully slain for lack of mine armor". (333) It reminds me of Beowulf. And when the three knights protest conspiring to bring down Lancelot, they cite a long list of heroic acts of super strength and bravery, not the personality traits of a gentlemen.
So my questions are, was this chivalric code really as binding as it is made out to be? And, do you think a perfect gentlemen or a heroic Beowulf type would command more respect in this society, regardless of its chivalric values?
Your posts are certainly getting better COle, and I especially like that you incorporated a quote. You are still coming in short on the length requirement. Remember that I am looking for 200-300 words, and this one clocks in around 175. Other than that I like the specificity and questions. Keep working at it.
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