the Knight of the Cart

In his Romance, The Knight of the Cart, or Lancelot, Chretien used a variety of devices to tell the story of a couple’s ineffable transcendent love for one another, in a way that would be positively received by vast audiences. In doing so, the rhetoric used invites the Christ imagery to shine through. Thus, a heroic protagonist is born, the epitome of all that is good and just, who acts solely on his love for another. From the beginning of the romance, Chretien is very clear about where the…

“To love is to suffer, to wander aimlessly, unable to concentrate on anything but the mental image of the beloved…” (Sayre 350). Lancelot by Chretien de Troyes presents this quote clearly as Lancelot, a knight, goes through countless obstacles to save Queen Guinevere, who is King Arthur of Britain’s wife. He’s chooses love over reason to ensure that he is the one to saves her from Sir Meleagant no matter how harmful or tempting those obstacles become. This story of courtly love shows the reader…

In Arthurian literary tradition, Lancelot is depicted as both an incredible knight and the catalyst of the collapse of the Round Table. Lancelot’s problematic situation is described at length in both Chretien de Troyes’ The Knight of the Cart and Sir Thomas Malory’s More Darthur. In both of these texts, Lancelot has to follow both the role of a warrior for Arthur and the Round Table and the role of a lover for Queen Guinevere, but each author showcases his character differently. Although both…

prowess in battle and loyalty to Queen Guinevere. Is being good in battle and obedient to the Queen enough to prove he is the perfect knight he comes across as? If being a perfect knight in the middle ages only had the criterion of being brave and following the expectations associated with courtly love, Lancelot would have been a perfect knight, however, as a knight, Lancelot would have been expected to follow the codes of chivalry which he often acted in direct opposition to while acting out of…

Chretien de Troyes’ The Knight of the Cart and Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte de Arthur it is shown to be true. The three protagonists Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot revolve in a love triangle which affects each one of these characters. Thus, referring to the first…

theater. The cart would have steering and braking using coiled springs. When the breaks released, the cart would move forward. The cart could be programmable. In 2006, Leonardo’s design was actually brought to life and proven to work. The cart would be considered by many one of the first robotic inventions. Leonardo had the clever idea for a robotic knight. The robotic knight was capable of many things such as sitting, standing, moving its head and lifting its visor. “The Robotic Knight…

What good is love if it kills you? In Lancelot: or the Knight of the Cart, Lancelot embarks on a quest in which his knighthood is put to the ultimate test in order to save his lover Guinevere. Even though she is married to King Author, who was accidentally tricked into giving her away to Meleagant as a prisoner of war. It appears as though Lancelot is the only one who can save her, which he does. Some argue this love triangle was created as a celebration of love, because to be so in love with…

The values of values like loyalty, courtesy, generosity were widely adapted as a secular chivalric code that was applied to the King Arthur’s knights. Over the course of the authorship of his Arthurian romances, Chretien’s opinion of secular chivalry changed and he began to critique the system more and more blatantly. Chretien wrote during the High Middle Ages, where a newfound focus on commercial value and Christianity was taking a much stronger hold in broader communities. Adoption of…

during the first baby steps of this genre. The protection and courting of these types of women drives the majority, if not the entirety, of Arthurian romances. As in “The Knight of the Cart”, the first introduction of Lancelot, whom would later become a key component in the tales of King Arthur’s Court, the young and noble knight pursues an affair with the current Queen, and King Arthur’s wife, Guinevere. In previous centuries women were…

represents the end of one 's life on this earth. However, I argue that death does not necessarily have to be all demoralizing as it brings more than just sadness and loneliness. As can be seen in the works of The Princess Bride and “Lancelot the Knight of the Cart”, death itself represents the quest through multiple stages of a hero’s journey, bringing a new dimension of life that does not simply mean the end.…