What are the differences and similarities between king arthur, sir lancelot, and sir gawain?
Check out http://www.celtic-twilight.com/camelot/b… . And check out http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/v… . Remember also, that these characters are fictional, and their characters vary from story to story. According to the “Lanzelet” of Ulrich von Zatzikoven, Lancelot had no love relation with Guenevere. Rather he married four wives, one after the other, and finally settled down permanently with the third. Gawain is almost a perfect human being in some tales. In the late prose tales Gawain is a hypocritical murderer and rapist. Accepting Malory’s version and versions closely related, Arthur appears to be rather dense. Lancelot and Gawain represent two different ideals of sexuality. Lancelot loves one woman only, Queen Guenevere, and desires only to please her. Gawain is notoriously promiscuous, a womanizer w
