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In the story, a lack of loyalty is shown through King Arthur's knight who repeatedly disobeys his orders. King Arthur wishes for him to throw his sword, Excalibur,into the water because he knows will cause the three ladies to come and save his life. The knight is disloyal because he does not throw it the first two times the King tells him to. His failure to follow King Arthur's wishes eventually costs the King his life.
Loyalty composed a significant portion of the code of chivalry. Because King Arthur upholds the code of chivalry, he expects his knights to do so as well. Arthur's expectations are not met up by all of his knights in the story. One of the remaining knights disobeys Arthur twice, ultimately leading to Arthur's supposed death, while the other surviving knight proves to remain loyal to Arthur until the knight's own death. Sir Lucan shows loyalty in this story by giving the king sound, moral advice and aiding the king to walk even when the knight is mortally injured. Lucan and Arthur both uphold the code of chivalry's loyalty throughout the story.
In this story, both loyalty to one's king and the lack of are demonstrated. When the battle begins, all of King Arthur's men fight on his behalf and his orders because they are loyal. Also, Sir Lucan, although wounded himself, tries with all of his might to help the wounded King Arthur with consoling words and by attempting to help move Arthur. The lack of loyalty is shown by Arthur's other surving knight. Even though he was told repeatedly by King Arthur to throw Excalibur into the water, he continues to simply hide the sword and lie to King Arthur. Loyalty and the lack of loyalty are both prominent features of this story.
In this legend, the theme of loyalty is demonstrated throughout. In the opening of the story, Lancelot betrays his loyalty to Arthur by sleeping with his wife Guinevere, causing the king to send him away. Then, when in the field of battle, all of Arthur's men except two die fighting for Arthur. After Arthur is wounded by Mordred, Sir Lucan helps Arthur to reach a church and then dies of his wounds which were much more severe than Arthur's, demonstrating that his loyalty to Arthur comes before his own well-being. Finally, when Arthur tells Bedivere to throw Excalibur into the lake, Bedivere lies to Arthur twice and instead of throwing Excalibur into the water he hides it. This disloyalty to Arthur causes Arthur's death. However, when Bedivere decides to stay at the chapel with Arthur's supposed body he is proving that, even though Arthur has died, Bedivere still feels loyal to his king.
In Le Morte d'Arthur, loyalty plays an enormous role in the development of the story. Probably the most obvious example of loyalty in the story is the loyalty of the knights to their king. The knights are willing to stand by Arthur in battle against Mordred even when death is imminent. This shows their intense dedication, loyalty, and bravery for their king. On the other hand, the lack of loyalty is also expressed in the story with Bedivere's refusal to throw Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, into the lake. Although it is King Arthur's dying wish, Bedivere disobeys twice because his greed temporarily casts a shadow over his loyalty for his king. Overall, loyalty and the code of chivalry is a driving force behind many of the characters' actions in Le Morte d'Arthur.
In the story we read today, all of King Arthur's men are loyal to him during the battle. They go into the battle for their king, knowing they may die during the fight. Even with the possibility of dying, the first fourteen men fight and most of them die. More men are loyal to their king by coming into the battle for him. In the end, there is disloyalty when one knight repeatedly denies King Arthurs commands to throw his sword into the water. Le Morte d'Arthur portrays loyalty and disloyalty through various characters throughout the story.
Throughout the story both King Arthur and his knights show loyalty. King Arthur fights alongside his men because he does not want them to fight the battle alone. Also, once King Arthur is severely wounded, one of his knight's, who is more hurt than him tres to help King Arthur even though he knows it will kill him. Another knight is disloyal to King Arthur; he refuses to throw King Arthur's sword into the river. However, he eventually realizes his loyalty and throws the sword into the river.
Loyalty is greatly demonstrated in the story. King Arthur shows his loyalty to his knights by finishing the battle. He knows he is deatined to die. Contrastingly, King Arthur's knight lacks loyalty. The knight disobeys King Authur's demands by not throwing Excaliber in the water. The contrast of loyalty is greatly depicted in Le Morte d'Authur.
Throughout the Le Morte d'Arthur, a principal trait is loyalty. Both loyalty and a lack of loyalty are shown through two knights, Sir Lucan and Sir Bedivere. Sir Lucan is a paragon of loyalty, and this is shown through his acts for King Arthur. Lucan fights for him in battle until the end. Furthermore, he tends to his king's wounds before his own. This is even more impressive when it is revealed that Lucan's wounds are fatal. Until his last breathe, Lucan is always at his King Arthur's life.
In Le Mortre d'Arthur, both loyalty and the lack of it are shown. Lancelot was not loyal to King Arthur because he had an affair with the Queen. Later on in the story, Sir Lucan shows his loyalty because he did what his king asked of him though he was very injured. Sir Lucan even gave his life to help his king. His brother, Sir Bedivere, shows a lack of loyalty when King Arthur had to ask him three times to throw the sword into the water. Throughout this story, many of King Arthur's men show both loyalty and a lack of it towards the king which helps depict how the code of chivalry played a large role during this time.
Not only do King Arthur's knights show loyalty to home, but he also shows loyalty to them. The knights fight for King Arthur and all but two die. Of these two one of them helps carry King Arthur even though he is was off than the king. He then dies in the act of helping his king, which is true loyalty. King Arthur shows loyalty by seeking revenge. Once he realizes that all of his men are dead because if him, he drives a spear through Mordred. Although loyalty is throughout the story, there are some parts that show a lack of loyalty. One of these parts is when the surviving King Arthur tells the surviving knight to throw his sword into the sea, and it takes him three times to actually do it. This story shows both someone being loyal and someone not being loyal.
In the story Loyalty and disloyalty was shown. Loyalty is shown to King Arthur when Sir Lucan the Buttler helped to carry Arthur even though his wounds were greater then Arthur this causes his guts to bust open and ultimately kills him. This is the purest form of loyalty to give one’s life for another’s. However there was also disloyalty in this story as in the case of Sir Bedivere when Arthur asked him to through his sword into the water he lied to him three times. This is how both loyalty and disloyalty was used in the story of Arthur.
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