King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table
This immortal legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green is full of great deeds and high enchantments that brings alive the enchanting world of King Arthur. The virtues of unselfishness, humility, and reverence revealed themselves through the characters of Sir. Percivile, Sir Gawain, and Sir Gareth. Although the adventures of these knights appeared courageous the people could determine the difference between good and evil. The qualities of these knights played a important role in the realm of Logres, since the knights of Logres needed these virtues to overcome everything that stood in the way of validity.
Unselfishness proved itself through the knight Gawain and the lady Ragnell. King Arthur needed to solve a riddle or he would die. King Arthur and Sir Gawain searched long and hard but in vain. As King Arthur and Sir Gawain unfortunately headed back to his fate, an unattractive woman stopped them and said that she could solve the riddle for them, but on one cause. The cause was that Sir Gawain had to marry her, and not thinking of himself he said yes. “ Without a falter in his voice Sir Gawain took to wife the Lady Ragnell in the presence of all people before the high altar, and led her then to the place of honour in the hall of the castle where a great feast was made ready.”# Sir Gawain did not think of himself, and unselfishly said yes to marrying her.
Equally important, in the role of unselfishness, the virtue reverence displayed itself through the knight Percivile. Before Percivile became a knight he came across a woman called Blenchefleur who gave Sir Percivile a ring so he could find her again. As he rode off to the courtyard of King Arthur to become a knight he stopped short at a dark castle. Sir Percivile went in the castle only to meet Blenchefleur, one of the grail maidens, she carried the grail Jesus drank out of at the last supper. As Sir Percivile and Blenchefleur walked down the hall and talked “ Suddenly a...
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