How Launcelot and Gawain Came To Carbonek

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How Launcelot and Gawain Came To Carbonek
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THE MAIN CHARACTERS

• Gawain and Launcelot

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Launcelot

• Often the hero
• Sir Hector de Maris (a.k.a.- Ector de Maris)
• Ends quest alone

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Gawain

• Portrayed differently in French stories than
  English.
• French- He is a main character in the story, but
  not the hero.
• English- Main hero in many stories.
• Modern day story was heavily influenced by
  English writers.

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Gawain (cont)

• Celtic Mythology
• Gwalchmei
• Tale of The Green Knight
• Alternate Spellings
• Gawaine
• Gawayne

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The Storys Evolution
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Chrétien de Troyes

• A famous French writer of 12th century
• Origin of the Quest for the Holy Grail
• Le Conte du Graal
• The graal
• Unfinished
• Continued by other writers

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Robert de Boron

• 13th Century French writer
• Wrote 3 poems regarding the Grail
• Joseph d'Arimathe
• Merlin
• Perceval
• Grails religious symbolism

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Sir Thomas Malory

• 15th Century
• English
• Identity unknown
• Similar to Boron
• Launcelots Role
• Gawain

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Lord Alfred Tennyson

• 19th Century
• Idylls of the King
• Changes way Grail story was told
• Chivalrys importance
• Similarities remain
• Bors, Percivale, and Galahad
• Laucelot
• Gawain
• Does not see the grail