went to war with the Romans. In the war against the Romans‚ Arthur defeated the Emperor Lucius and became emperor himself. However‚ his most illustrious knight‚ Lancelot‚ became enamored of Guinevere. Their romance came to light as the Quest for the Holy Grail began. Eventually Lancelot fled and Guinevere was sentenced to death. Lancelot rescued her and took her to his realm. This led Arthur to crossing the channel and making war on his former
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lives the Lady of Shallot‚ who no one every sees but sometimes hear. Part two describes the Lady of Shallot. She is cursed and weaves. She cannot look out of her window‚ but she can see through a magic mirror. She weaves what she sees. Then‚ Sir Lancelot rides by the island‚ when the Lady sees him she breaks the rules of her curse. The mirror cracks and she then leaves her castle. The Lady sets off in a boat that has her name on it. She sings and drifts towards Camelot‚ dying before she gets there
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A Blessing and a Curse: The Poetics of Privacy in Tennyson’s "The Lady of Shalott" Author(s): Joseph Chadwick Reviewed work(s): Source: Victorian Poetry‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1986)‚ pp. 13-30 Published by: West Virginia University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40002181 . Accessed: 22/01/2012 02:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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of Sir Lancelot riding alone. Although she knows that it is forbidden‚ she looks out the window at him. The mirror shatters‚ the tapestry flies off on the wind‚ and the Lady feels the power of her curse. An autumn storm suddenly arises. The lady leaves her castle‚ finds a boat‚ writes her name on it‚ gets into the boat‚ sets it adrift‚ and sings her death song as she drifts down the river to Camelot. The locals find the boat and the body‚ realize who she is‚ and are saddened. Lancelot prays that
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593) when they will be forced to separate. When they make plans to meet for the last time‚ “Vivien‚ lurking‚ heard/ [and] told Sir Mordred” (XI. 97-98)‚ once again employing subterfuge to dismantle the kingdom. After they are discovered by Mordred‚ Lancelot offers to protect Guinevere at his castle‚ but she instead decides to “draw me into sanctuary/ and bide [her] doom” (XI. 119-120)‚ an act which both claims responsibility for her actions and asserts her independence. By escaping to a church with
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Chapter 1: Arthur and Merlin Read by Nathalie Drasse This very old story begins with Uther‚ a great king. He was a good man and he was king in the south of Britain. Other places were very dangerous at that time‚ but people did not fight in Uther’s country. Uther loved a beautiful woman‚ Igraine‚ and he wanted to marry her. But she did not love him and he was very sad about that. Merlin was a very clever man and he knew a lot of magic. He could change
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The entire story of Excalibur is based on three things which intertwine with each other. Those three things are magic‚ power and fate. Excalibur would not exist with out the magic of the all-powerful Merlin; the town of Camelot would never been created with out the power and strength of Arthur and his men ; and furthermore with out fate Arthur would have never have pulled the sword from the stone. With out these three things to be the center themes‚ there would be no story of Excalibur. In the movie
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about seeing Camelot‚ and then Lancelot rode by singing a happy song. She sang too‚ always a sad song. Lancelot’s cheery song drove her to get up. She hesitated at first. “She left the web‚ she left the loom‚ she made three paces through the room‚” and then she made her decision‚ “She saw the water-lily bloom‚ She saw the helmet and the plume‚ She looked down to Camelot.”(part 3 line 109-113) the first thing she looks at is her world that she never saw; then to Lancelot. Her biggest dream was to see
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sun that peered into my eyes quickly like a lightning strike that left me slightly blind for about fifteen seconds. I looked to the left of his friend and I saw his dog Lancelot. I made sure to keep the screen door shut because my dog smelled his sweaty and slobbery dog smell‚ while he was barking at an irate level at Lancelot. I wondered to myself why he would even bring his dog over knowing that he didn’t get along with my dog. So I quickly closed the heavy oak wood door before anything
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Is Morte d’ Arthur just a pointless story not worth reading? What lesson can someone learn from it to apply to their lives? This novel gives more than someone would expect. It is not just an old legend people read in literature books and see plays on. What Arthur teaches today’s generation and generations to come are qualities and concepts many in society lack: chivalry‚ the concept of showing decency to those underneath the wealth‚ and humility. In Thomas Malory’s Morte d’ Arthur Beaumin
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