Week 12 Reading: King Arthur, Part B

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The Failure of Sir Launcelot to enter the Chapel of the Holy Grail (Wikimedia).

Week 12 Reading: King Arthur, Part B

Sir Galahad and the White Knight:

· I like the plot development that Knights lend themselves too. Knights as characters seem love to talk about adventure and quests, and this ends up determining much of what they do in the story. There are a ton of possibilities for plot direction because nearly anything can be considered an adventure. Potential to modernize and talk about adventures of grocery shopping or other trivial things, Bird scooter as steed … things like that

· This new Knight is mysterious and kind of ominous, really like the interjections of fantasy to balance out the more common stories of medieval life.

· Monasteries are really cool setting for the stories that venture more into the realm of ghosts and spirits.

· Fiend, devil, ghost, demon, interesting to see difference in how cultures refer to the same concept of some malicious or evil spirit/energy.

· Angels surrounding Galahad is interesting, perhaps blessed knight

· The first half of this story feels detailed, full, and well balanced. The second half is primarily descriptions of action. This drives the plot quickly but there are a lot of opportunities to expand with some descriptive imagery or dialogue and improve the richness of the story.

· It is also interesting that he fights Sir Lancelot, who is his father and known for not being the most pure knight, unlike his Galahad. One idea I saw in another person’s Storybook project was a collection of therapy session for famous characters. Good retelling potential in a therapy session between Sir Galahad and his father, would have to do some more research on the individual characters though.

Sir Lancelot’s Vision:

· I like the way they introduce this vision here so that the reader is not sure whether or not it actually happens, just as the character is likely unsure.

· Really interesting symbolism here with the Graal, which I think represents more the forgiveness or perhaps even inner peace, tons of analysis possible here, might be interesting to do some research into what others think of the symbolism.

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