King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table: An Epic Hero For Modern Times
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: An Epic Hero for Modern
Times
In about 1470, Thomas Malory finished Morte d' Arthur, the first of
the many legends written about King Arthur. Even in modern times, King
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are a favorite subject in movies,
books, and plays. Often times this is so because the Medieval Period in
general, and King Arthur in particular, have an air of mystery, romance,
fantasy, and adventure that are popular themes in all times and cultures.
I compared Malory's Morte d' Arthur with Camelot, a movie produced in 1967
that stars Richard Harris as King Arthur and Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere.
Camelot covers the period in ...
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few key figures in the two works.
One difference in character that I found was that in the
introduction to Morte d' Arthur, Mordred is referred to as King Arthurs
nephew. Later in the text, when Arthur and Mordred are fighting (p. 96,
para.1) it says, ". . . so he smote his father King Arthur with his sword
holden in both hands, upon the side of the head . . ." In Camelot, Mordred
is Arthur's illegitimate son, although he keeps this a secret. This
possibly explains the contradiction of Mordred's position in the two pieces.
Another difference in the two works was that in Camelot, Mordred tells
Arthur, "I despise the sword, loathe the spear, and I detest horses." Yet
in Morte d' Arthur Mordred and Arthur fight and before Arthur kills him,
Mordred wounds Arthur badly. In Malory's work, I got the feeling that
Mordred was a big, burly, knight that loved a good fight. Yet in Camelot,
Mordred is a devilish-looking, puny, scheming, young man who turns down
Arthur's offer of ...
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