Mordred Synthesis Essay Mordred the knight: he is an individual in the Arthurian legend cycle and is involved a major conflict with the King. Mordred association with King Arthur always causes conflict, but the blame put on the poor knight changes over time. The legend of Mordred changes from allowing a reader to develop an opinion on Mordred’s actions in“Roman De Brut” to a reader being told Mordred causes strife in “The Slain Knight” because the author is pandering to the audience's’ tastes in different eras. The Medieval era narrative focuses more on expressing morals to an illiterate audience while the Victorian era poem centralizes on interactions between aristocratic enemies.
Wace’s “Roman de Brut” allows the audience to develop their …show more content…
In contrast to Wace’s piece of literature, “The Slain Knight” differs in almost every aspect that Wace thinks is important. William Fulford writes the Victorian poem from a first person point of view. In addition, the first person point of view is shown from King Arthur’s perspective. Many Victorian era literature focuses on aristocratic enemies and their conflicts. “The Slain Knight” is told from Arthur’s view during the battle. The reader possibly interprets Fulford’s opinion on Mordred after a few lines. For example, Arthur wants “to spoil Sir Mordred’s land” (Line 4). Arthur immediately is invading Mordred, and all the blame is put on Mordred in the Victorian poem. Mordred never has a fair shot with the audience. The knight is viewed in a negative way by the author. Unlike the medieval version, the Victorian text demonstrates great bias in the story for one side of the aristocratic enemy. On the contrary, Fulford leaves many important details out of the poem. The reader has no knowledge on how these two enemies became envious of each other. Fulford may leave the details out so the reader does not develop a differing opinion about the King Arthur. All the details included in the poem benefit the King in a positive way, and the lack of details negatively affect Mordred’s perception with the audience. Moreover, the author also makes slight changes in the story involving the battle. In Wace’s story, Edward is never included in the story. However, “Sir Mordred singled out” Arthur’s brother in the battle. The reader finds out Edward is the brother of King Arthur, and Mordred ends up slaying Edward in the Victorian poem. Mordred association with the death of his enemy’s brother hurts Mordred’s perception with the audience. Fulford could be introducing Edward into the poem
Wace’s “Roman de Brut” allows the audience to develop their …show more content…
In contrast to Wace’s piece of literature, “The Slain Knight” differs in almost every aspect that Wace thinks is important. William Fulford writes the Victorian poem from a first person point of view. In addition, the first person point of view is shown from King Arthur’s perspective. Many Victorian era literature focuses on aristocratic enemies and their conflicts. “The Slain Knight” is told from Arthur’s view during the battle. The reader possibly interprets Fulford’s opinion on Mordred after a few lines. For example, Arthur wants “to spoil Sir Mordred’s land” (Line 4). Arthur immediately is invading Mordred, and all the blame is put on Mordred in the Victorian poem. Mordred never has a fair shot with the audience. The knight is viewed in a negative way by the author. Unlike the medieval version, the Victorian text demonstrates great bias in the story for one side of the aristocratic enemy. On the contrary, Fulford leaves many important details out of the poem. The reader has no knowledge on how these two enemies became envious of each other. Fulford may leave the details out so the reader does not develop a differing opinion about the King Arthur. All the details included in the poem benefit the King in a positive way, and the lack of details negatively affect Mordred’s perception with the audience. Moreover, the author also makes slight changes in the story involving the battle. In Wace’s story, Edward is never included in the story. However, “Sir Mordred singled out” Arthur’s brother in the battle. The reader finds out Edward is the brother of King Arthur, and Mordred ends up slaying Edward in the Victorian poem. Mordred association with the death of his enemy’s brother hurts Mordred’s perception with the audience. Fulford could be introducing Edward into the poem