Geoffrey of Monmouth

The year was 1997. Rip Van Winkle is lying in bed and dreading going to work. Rip was pay phone technician with Bellsouth. He was rather lazy so this job suited him perfectly. All he had to do was drive around and repair pay phones and collect the money. Rip had been married for fifteen years. During these fifteen years, he had been bossed around daily by his wife. Today wasn’t any different. His wife, Dame Van Winkle, stormed into the bedroom and demanded that he get up. Rip replied to her in…

Washington Irving was one of the best fiction writers of the early nineteenth century. He was the first American fiction writer to obtain an international reputation. He was also named for George Washington, the first president. Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker” in the early nineteenth century, and the story took place in 1727. The story’s point of view was in the third person. The story’s setting took place at Charles Bay, near Boston Massachusetts. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” it is…

Merlin is perceived as a younger man who is unblemished and acts as a comic relief character. This sharply contrasts with the semblance of Merlin created in both The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory. As examined by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Merlin was a young man during the reign of Vortigern; at least two generations before Arthur ruled Britain. Therefore, the fact that Merlin served as counsel to both men shows he has been around for…

Mordred, almost since his inception as an Arthurian character, he has been synonymous with such terms as treachery. While it is not the first actual mention of him, Mordred’s first full comprehensive account is found in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain. Along with Monmouth’s portrayal of him, Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur carries a comparable weight of magnitude regarding Mordred and his treacherous ways. These two works of literature are chronologically…

Christianity. During the times of both Geoffrey of Monmouth (twelfth century) and Sir Thomas Malory (fifteenth century), it was the most practiced religion of their regions. The two authors were quick and clever to take advantage of this religious presence in their missions to legitimize the presence and power of the infamous King Arthur. While both authors used Christianity to drive their stories, their motives behind the use of the religion vary. Geoffrey of Monmouth uses Christianity to…

he even a king? In this research project outcome, this legendary story of King Arthur will be challenged. The impact of this hero on Europe and the world will be questioned, along with the variations of the Arthurian story by authors such as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Nennius, Thomas Malory, and Gildas. The various theories regarding Arthur and his existence will be illustrated, and will then close with my own opinion on the matter…

King Arthur is a hero and continuing legend, who established the code of chivalry and the round table. King Arthur was the man who founded the Knights of the Round Table. Merlin and the lady of the like helped King Arthur become the hero and continuing legend he is today. King Arthurs right hand man Merlin helped king Arthur by helping discover the first Excalibur. After many years of searching Merlin took King Arthur to the lady of the lake, and she then gave King Arthur the real Excalibur.…

a figure of knowledge. Knight follows the myth of Merlin and goes back to his earliest roots as the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He traces the images of Merlin through the centuries of literature written about him. He starts by taking a look at Geoffrey of Monmouth’s rendition of Merlin in History of the Kings of Britain. Knight also touches on French and German myths and brings the audience to the present. He discusses Merlin in popular literature, film, and television arguing that his many…

Lancelot, he claims the queen guilty of reason and sentences her to death by burning. Guinevere gets saved by Lancelot once again. This compares to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s version because Guinevere also retreats in becoming a nun after King Arthur’s death. Alfred Lord Tennyson presents Guinevere vaguely differently from Malory and Geoffrey of Monmouth. Stated by Tennyson, Guinevere is the daughter of Leodogran and is characterized as very beautiful, elegant, and royal with “womanly strength.”…

us cannot maintain the tenants of one’s idealism without God. Where there is evidence and faith in God, there is also a need for such a dependence. Lancelot’s lack of moral fiber speaks of the spiritual nature of human beings. I have had a spiritual mountaintop experience and then come down the mountain to repeat the mistakes of the past, instantly becoming as forlorn as before. It is this internal lack that speaks of our ongoing battle between our desires boundaries. To obtain the Holy Grail,…