The idea that women are objects is absurd, yet it does not seem uncommon in this story. Even Queen Guinevere is seen as but a toy to Melligraunce. He, “...sent out twenty armed men and a hundred archers, and laid in ambush for her, following her suddenly”(p. 295). Melligraunce had his eye on her for a long time. However, instead of being a gentleman and waiting for her consent,
The idea that women are objects is absurd, yet it does not seem uncommon in this story. Even Queen Guinevere is seen as but a toy to Melligraunce. He, “...sent out twenty armed men and a hundred archers, and laid in ambush for her, following her suddenly”(p. 295). Melligraunce had his eye on her for a long time. However, instead of being a gentleman and waiting for her consent,