Lancelot

The musical production of Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot”, directed by Michael McFadden, took place at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center at two o’clock in the afternoon on November 8, 2014. I chose to see this production because the tickets were included with the tuition for my online theater class. I recently moved to Tennessee from Washington DC and had never seen a production at this particular theatre. My initial impression of the theatre was delightful. I felt a warm and comfortable…

The Arthurian legend is mainly known for the love triangles. One of the most well known and famous love triangles is among King Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot. In a lot of love triangles, there is always a tragedy. The tragedy could be a death of a member in the triangle or pain from a heartbreak. There are many versions of love triangles with different variations of a certain tragedy, however, a lot of the time, there is a tragedy in love triangles. In the Arthurian legend, one of many famous…

The legends of King Arthur date back to 9th century. Many authors throughout history have written about the great King Arthur. The first written description of his entire life, from death to birth, came in the 12th century and was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. There are many skeptics about some of the stories of his life, mostly because so many different authors have written about his life and they are all different. From the wizards and magic to the extraordinary battles he fought, and…

shows throughout the story. Mrs. Amyot loves her son Lancelot so much that she studies hard to gain the knowledge to become a lecturer. She does this so that she can earn money to grant her son access to an education. Another theme that is shown during the short story is taking advantage of others. Mrs. Amyot’s audience feels that they are obligated to purchase tickets for Mrs. Amyot’s lectures so that Lancelot can get an education. However, Lancelot has already achieved adulthood, gotten…

King Arthur to being unfaithful by having a secret lover. In all her stories, she only has one storyline. In the beginning of her stories, she is soon to be married with King Arthur. Then she is kidnapped by one of the knights, and is rescued by Sir Lancelot in the end. Both Le Morte D’Arthur by Malory Thomas (1469) and Camelot Burning by Kathryn Rose (2014) have a similar storyline; however, there are specific differences of her character through her image and characteristics.…

the story of how Sir Lancelot receives an anonymous distress call, and believing it to be from a damsel in distress, he storms the castle…

heard about Lancelot. Lancelot was very chivalrous when he admitted, “Truthfully, I don’t know. It sounds different when they tell about it. And most of them feel it necessary to add a little. When I remember leaping eight feet, they tell it at fifty, and frankly I don’t recall several of those giants at all,” (1037). Launcelot shows chivalry when he says this by admitting that not all of it is true rather than taking all of the credit and saying that all of the stories are true. Lancelot showed…

direct them and to treat women with the utmost respect. An ideal example in most people’s minds would be the knights of the round table, but were they really all that chivalrous, and if they were was it for the right reasons? Lanval, Sir Gawain, Lancelot, and Arthur are the men that will be examined to see if the knights of the round table were ever truly chivalrous. Guinevere was used as a symbol for deciding what actions were considered chivalrous and what was considered a disgrace. It is…

What is your first thought when you think of King Arthur? Is it the shining knights valiantly fighting evil doers, is it Merlin casting magic spells, or is it the tragic love story of Guinevere and Lancelot? Several people over the years have taken on the challenge of re-imagining the Arthurian legends, shaping them for their own purposes, adding new interpretations to the old stories. One such retelling of the legends is the novel The Once and Future King written by the author T. H. White, a…

Chivalry is a concept that has been prominent in stories for hundreds of years. Because chivalry was originally a code followed by knights, the clearest examples of it can be found in medieval texts, such as the Arthurian legend. Generally speaking, knights following the chivalric code were supposed to believe in and fear God, defend everyone (but especially the weak), obey authority, accept challenges from equals, and overall be honorable, honest guys who even go so far as to respect women.…