Journal Entries June 16, 2008
“Le Morte d’Arthur” By: Thomas Malory
By: Carla Gagliardo
Pages 575 – 579
Vocabulary- “Britons” By the context around it, I figured that this word is another way of saying British people, but why can’t the writer say “the British” instead of “Britons”?
Comments- I think that it is amazing that they found the grave of King Arthur and that it said that he was buried in the Isle of Avalon. I read the Mists of Avalon so I really thought that it was a cool connection.
Brief Summary- The legend of King Arthur has been told so many times, and each time it is told it has been modified so in the end we cannot separate the fact from the fiction.
Pages 579 – 581
Comments- I think that it is interesting that so many people wrote about King Arthur. I also think that it would be fun to read Mark Twain’s version of the story of King Arthur.
Disney also has a movie version of this legend, “The Sword in the Stone”.
Thomas Malory’s writing sounds very complicating, but interesting.
Brief Summary- Many people wrote King Arthur’s story and added tier own personalities to it so that it changed the story and it ended up warping it into a more epic story, also there have been many movies made about King Arthur.
Pages 583 – 585
Brief Summary- King Arthur is taken from his parents at birth to be raised by Sir Ector by choice of Merlin the wizard. King Uther dies and no heirs are known of so there is a sword in a stone that if a man can remove it than he is the true heir of the throne. So of course many noble men try to release the sword from its stone and none can do it until one day when Arthur comes along and takes it out like nothing because his foster brother forgot his own sword. None of the greedy noblemen can believe that such a young boy could ever be the new King but after Sir Ector reveals the true past of the boy, than he is accepted as the new King of England.
Pages 585 – 597
Vocabulary- “Copse” I found an annotation at the bottom of the page that said that a copse is a grove of trees. My question is, do people really use this strange word in their daily lives?
“Hitherto” I was not able to figure this word out by context or by annotations, so it really stumped me.
Brief Summary- This chapter was the story of Sir Launcelot and how he became famous. It included his enchantment (Morgan Le Fay) and his quests (Sir Tarquine’s castle, random quarrels with other knights, giants castle) all in all it was a description of how Sir Launcelot became one of the round tables most recognized knights.
Pages 597 – 604
Brief Summary- Sir Launcelot and King Arthur love Gwynevere and so they become enemies, Sir Launcelot goes back home to France and King Arthur goes after him because his nephew Sir Gawain encourages him to go. Meanwhile in England Sir Mordred, who had planned this fight and the departure of the King, was sending false letters informing everyone of the ‘death’ of the King and than he demanded that he be the heir to the throne. After the coronation the now King Mordred demanded that Gwynevere marry him. She instead ran and took refuge in the Tower of London where her faithful servants helped her. King Arthur found out what Mordred had done so he returned to England and fought him. Arthur won all of the battles (there were 3) but at the end of the last battle, he decided to go back and kill Mordred himself. Mordred was stabbed but before he died he stabbed Arthur back. Sir Lucus and Sir Bedivere carry Arthur to a chapel; there Sir Lucus dies from a wound. Arthur asks Sir Bedivere to throw Excalibur into the lake and to then carry him to the lake. Bedivere does as he is told and Arthur is received by a barge with the Priestess of Avalon waiting for him. He is taken to Avalon. Bedivere became a hermit. Later on Bedivere documented the story of the death of King Arthur.
“Le Morte d’Arthur” By: Thomas Malory
By: Carla Gagliardo
Pages 575 – 579
Vocabulary- “Britons” By the context around it, I figured that this word is another way of saying British people, but why can’t the writer say “the British” instead of “Britons”?
Comments- I think that it is amazing that they found the grave of King Arthur and that it said that he was buried in the Isle of Avalon. I read the Mists of Avalon so I really thought that it was a cool connection.
Brief Summary- The legend of King Arthur has been told so many times, and each time it is told it has been modified so in the end we cannot separate the fact from the fiction.
Pages 579 – 581
Comments- I think that it is interesting that so many people wrote about King Arthur. I also think that it would be fun to read Mark Twain’s version of the story of King Arthur.
Disney also has a movie version of this legend, “The Sword in the Stone”.
Thomas Malory’s writing sounds very complicating, but interesting.
Brief Summary- Many people wrote King Arthur’s story and added tier own personalities to it so that it changed the story and it ended up warping it into a more epic story, also there have been many movies made about King Arthur.
Pages 583 – 585
Brief Summary- King Arthur is taken from his parents at birth to be raised by Sir Ector by choice of Merlin the wizard. King Uther dies and no heirs are known of so there is a sword in a stone that if a man can remove it than he is the true heir of the throne. So of course many noble men try to release the sword from its stone and none can do it until one day when Arthur comes along and takes it out like nothing because his foster brother forgot his own sword. None of the greedy noblemen can believe that such a young boy could ever be the new King but after Sir Ector reveals the true past of the boy, than he is accepted as the new King of England.
Pages 585 – 597
Vocabulary- “Copse” I found an annotation at the bottom of the page that said that a copse is a grove of trees. My question is, do people really use this strange word in their daily lives?
“Hitherto” I was not able to figure this word out by context or by annotations, so it really stumped me.
Brief Summary- This chapter was the story of Sir Launcelot and how he became famous. It included his enchantment (Morgan Le Fay) and his quests (Sir Tarquine’s castle, random quarrels with other knights, giants castle) all in all it was a description of how Sir Launcelot became one of the round tables most recognized knights.
Pages 597 – 604
Brief Summary- Sir Launcelot and King Arthur love Gwynevere and so they become enemies, Sir Launcelot goes back home to France and King Arthur goes after him because his nephew Sir Gawain encourages him to go. Meanwhile in England Sir Mordred, who had planned this fight and the departure of the King, was sending false letters informing everyone of the ‘death’ of the King and than he demanded that he be the heir to the throne. After the coronation the now King Mordred demanded that Gwynevere marry him. She instead ran and took refuge in the Tower of London where her faithful servants helped her. King Arthur found out what Mordred had done so he returned to England and fought him. Arthur won all of the battles (there were 3) but at the end of the last battle, he decided to go back and kill Mordred himself. Mordred was stabbed but before he died he stabbed Arthur back. Sir Lucus and Sir Bedivere carry Arthur to a chapel; there Sir Lucus dies from a wound. Arthur asks Sir Bedivere to throw Excalibur into the lake and to then carry him to the lake. Bedivere does as he is told and Arthur is received by a barge with the Priestess of Avalon waiting for him. He is taken to Avalon. Bedivere became a hermit. Later on Bedivere documented the story of the death of King Arthur.
