Survey of English Literature I - Assignment 9

James Madison University

Instructions: (Re-)read pages 448-457 of the excerpts from Morte Darthur(the excerpts entitled "The Death of Arthur" and "The Deaths of Lancelot and Guinevere"), and then answer the following questions:


  1. What image from Arthur's dream on the night of Trinity Sunday appears as a physical cause for the failed truce meeting between Arthur and Mordred? What do you think might be the significance of this connection?
  2. What does Malory's narrator say about the legend that King Arthur will rise again?
  3. How does Lancelot die and what tributes and honors are said and done for him after his death?


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