Sir Lancelot Research Paper

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Did Sir lancelot's deserve to be on of the knights of the round table? The answer is yes he did. He was a gentleman and never only served the high but even the lowly.

Lancelot was the son of King Ban of Benwick (benoic) and Queen Elaine. He was baptized as Galahad, but sooner changed to lancelot. During his father’s reign he was revolted out by his subjects causing them to flee. Then when the queen was tending to the king lancelot is carried away by the Lady of the Lake. She then raised him to be a great knight to go and be knighted for the king.
We can’t just blame him for falling in love for the queen. We men have a grave weakness and that is women. So youre saying that if you fell in love you wouldnt do anything with your might to have

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