reason the the madness

"Were it well to obey then, if a king demand
An act unprofitable, against himself?
The King is sick, and knows not what he does."

This is from the scene where Sir Bedivere was given the order by Arthur to throw the sword, this quote is showing why he wasn't throwing the sword, he realizes Arthur is not thinking straight and believes not throwing it would be best. 

Why take the fight?

"My good cousin, you make too much of it! I have only my own pride to thank for my wound, for had I disclosed myself to you, it would never had happened. But do not worry; I shall soon recover, so now let us talk of other matters." - Sir Launcelot (Cannon,466)

Sir Bors finds Launcelot to apologize for wounding him in the tournament, but Launcelot does not blame Bors, he blames himself for even joining the tournament. This has me thinking why Launcelot fought in the first place. Throughout the whole story, the other knights are praising the capabilities of Launcelot. What was his intent behind joining the tournament? Was he trying to prove something?

Heard you, Gawain

"Sir, I find it somewhat strange, since you indeed are Gawain, A man always genuinely geared doing the good, that you don't pursue the practices of polite society; If somebody teaches you something, you seem to toss it away; Certainly you've already let slide my lesson of yesterday." (Lines 1481-1485)

This exchange between Gawain and the host's wife highlights the tension between them. This was her attempt to get what she wants, by challenging Gawain and saying he cannot be the real Gawain because of him not being "gracious"

That's not right

After reading the Saga of The Mantle, people can most certainly be frustrated with the unfaithful women. So for this blog post, I decided to share a song by Atlantic Starr, a. song that I've never heard before, but is clearly relatable to the reading.

2004 King Arthur Film

While watching these clips of the King Arthur film, I was very surprised by the character of King Arthur. I always had the impression that Kings were typically tyrants. I feel as if the stereotype of kings being oppressive to their people was neglected in this film as King Arthur was a very kind ruler and treated his knights with the upmost respect. Another thing that surprised me about King Arthur was the way he spoke. He did not speak down upon anyone. He spoke as if he was just another average Joe. This is the reason he had a round table. There was no head of the table that typically a king, president, or dictator would sit at. Not only did he respect his knights, but the knights respected him as well.

What didn't come as a surprise about King Arthur was his dignity. In the scene where the Saxons were outside, King Arthur stood his ground, while the others wanted to flee and surrender. Typically when I think of a King in ancient times, I think of a man with a big ego, a man that will never surrender. So, this did not surprise me when Arthur refused to flee, but instead him and his knights wanted to battle the Saxons. He was a strong, courageous man, and to me, this fits the king stereotype.