Lancelot

A detailed Summary of Lancelot

T H White in his Midevil novel, The Once and Future King, written in 1965

portrays in Book III the development of the character of Lancelot, a man who reaches

many goals through the many trials and tribulations of a growing man in the midevil times.

In Book III Lancelot goes through the troubles and predicaments to become a real man

and to live up to the code of chivalry. Set in the land of Camelot, the novel expresses the

way that purity can be taken away without one knowing because of the actons he/she

takes. Lancelot learns that he should of kept his purity by the means of Elaine, Guenevere,

and the code of chilvary. In Once and Future King, T H White explains how loss of purity

Lancelot learns about keeping his purity through the means of Elaine. For example,

a messenger comes and tells Lancelot that Guenevere is waiting for him at her castle. They

get him drunk and take him to a dark room where really it's not Guenevere it's really

Elaine playing a trick. She knew that Lancelot did not love her, but yet she still played a

trick on him. While Lancelot was under the influence of alcohol, he loses his virginity to

by Elaine. Furthermore, if Guenevere would have realized how much that Lancelot loved

really Guenevere. According to the code of chivalry, one

he lost is virginity to the one he did not love, that was a flaw that made him an

Approximate Word count = 804
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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