King Arthur packet
Sir Kay is compared to an ______ _____ for both Lancelot and Arthur
An old wound
Lancelot tells Guinevere that he couldn't do what with Elaine?
Be her paramour (lover) or marry her
What does Guinevere do after Arthur's death?
Becomes a nun and refuses to see Lancelot ever again.
Lancelot rescues Guinevere from
Being burned at the stake
Lancelot has to do what to get to Guinevere in the tower?
Bend some bars
Lancelot has to do what to get to Guinevere out of the tower?
Bend some bars
Elaine dies of a
Broken heart
Lancelot has the agility of
Deer
Lancelot has the strength of
Elephants
Sir Gawain does not want to
Fight against Lancelot and his men
Sir Gawain knows that his brothers will
Fight if Arthur asks them because they are young
In what country does Lancelot go?
France
After Lancelot rescues Guinevere, he?
Gives her back to Arthur
After Elaine's death, what do the people do?
Go hawking and jousting
Who is in the room where Arthur and Lancelot go?
Guinevere
Lancelot visits _______ in a tower because?
Guinevere who is locked in a tower by Arthur's enemy
In another version, Lancelot and Elaine
Have a baby named Galahad.
In another version, Lancelot and Elaine
Have a baby names Galahad.
Lancelot was not angry for losing fingers because he would rather his arms be pulled from his body than
Having not been with Guinevere
What injury happens to Lancelot?
He cuts off his pinky and half of his ring finger
Lancelot cries after
He kisses Guinevere because he feels so guilty for what he is doing to Arthur.
Who tells Arthur that Lancelot is having an affair with Guinevere?
His son Modred
What does Modred say to the Archbishop?
If he stops him from taking over the kingdom and marrying Guinevere, he will have him beheaded.
When Lancelot talks to Arthur and Guinevere about his missions, Guinevere gets
Jealous because she assumes he slept with may women.
What does Lancelot do after Arthur's death?
Join a hermitage and becomes a monk
What does Lancelot do after Arthur's death?
Joins a hermitage and becomes a monk
_______ sees the body of Elaine floating
Kay
What breaks up the Round Table?
Lancelot's and Modred's betrayal
Lancelot has the ferocity of
Lions
Maybe Lancelot and Guinevere are in love but it really seems like that just have __________ for each other.
Lust
Arthur thinks it's funny that Merlin warned him not to
Marry Guinevere because he doesn't know she is cheating on him with Lancelot.
Arthur thinks it's interesting that Merlin warned him not to
Marry Guinevere because he doesn't know she is cheating on him with Lancelot.
A "cold knife of loneliness pressed against his heart" for Lancelot when Arthur talks about
Merlin warning him about Guinevere
Who gets excommunicated from the church?
Modred
Who causes the death of Arthur?
Modred (his son) and Lancelot
The servants in Arthur's court move like
Oxen because they are used to carrying heavy loads and scuttle like crabs because they are crooked and nervous when they don't have the weight of carrying things for royalty.
What does Elaine ask Lancelot to do after her death?
Pay for her funeral
Arthur created a __________ to illustrate everyone being______
Round table, equal
Elaine falls in love with Lancelot when
She takes care of him after he is injured in a jousting match.
Elaine falls in love with Lancelot when
She takes care of him during a jousting match.
What is Guinevere's punishment for her betrayal of Arthur?
She will be burned at the stake.
Lancelot's beauty is compared to
Stars
The ladies in Arthur's court hold their necks high like
Swans
Elaine's body floats down the
Thames River in London
The French author Chretien de Troyes adds these elements to the Arthurian myth
The love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere and the quest for the Holy Grail.
What is the faithful knight Bedivere supposed to do for Arthur after his death?
Throw his sword into the lake where the Lady of the Lake will take it.
What is the faithful night Bedivere supposed to do for Arthur after his death?
Throw his sword into the lake where the Lady of the Lake will take it.
The men at the Round Table make Lancelot feel
Uncomfortable. They inflate his achievements too much.
During Whitsun, men have to recite
Virtues of knights/chivalry
The ladies in Arthur's court move like
Water (they are taught to not make a sound when they walk)
What treacherous thing does Modred do?
When Arthur is in France, he tells people that Arthur died and becomes king. He also tries to force Guinevere to marry him.
Guinevere asks Lancelot about Elaine...
Why couldn't you show her some gentleness?
Elaine has this in her hand when floating down the river
a letter saying how much she loved Lancelot
What is courtly love?
a sentimental reflection of the feudal relationship between a knight and his lord. The knight serves the chosen lady with the same obedience and loyalty he owes this lord. The knight's love for the lady inspires him to seek adventures and achieve great deeds.
When Guinevere touch Lancelot's arm, he
feels like a searing shock is running through his body
When Guinevere touches Lancelot's arm, he
feels like a searing shock is running through his body
Lancelot does not realize that he has lost
his pinky and half his ring finger
When Lancelot leaves Guinevere in the tower his "body
left but his heart stayed"
Where did people think Arthur went?
to Avalon, an island paradise of Celtic legend, where heroes ate taken after death