Lancelot is pretty cool

While reading this for today, I found myself genuinely enjoying Lancelot’s character. This is something that is quite rare for me. I find that I generally feel indifferent towards characters within readings I have to do for school, especially from texts that are not modern. I found Lancelot’s traits to be very interesting, and how he let his character guide him and his morals. For example, when he is torn between sparing the knight he had defeated or giving the girl who wanted the knight’s head what she wanted. “Generosity and Compassion demand that he satisfy them both, for he is equally generous and merciful,” he said on page 140. I suppose this regard for his values is what makes him a truly good knight, though. Had he simply ignored the needs and wishes of others, he would not be very chivalrous, would he? It was very refreshing to actually enjoy reading a text for the character and their adventures, rather than simply forcing myself to read because it’s required.

Perhaps I’ve gravitated towards Lancelot as a character because of my interest in other stories involving knights, for example, Zelda or Fire Emblem. I guess that just goes to show, people will always be interested in hearing stories about the same character, over and over again. The question here, then, is why that is.