As the title states, this is a rant and will most likely contain R rated language, sloppy grammar, and will not be suitable for those under the age of eighteen.
Now that I've warned everyone, I can begin.
Here is my question. Why, in most of the texts that we have read in this class, is everyone just okay with this affair that Gwen and Lance have going on? I am aware that it has been addressed many, many times, in both class and in various blogs. However, I just cannot come to terms with a few things about it. Perhaps my biggest issue is not with Gwen and Lance, but with Arthur himself. Nobody in his or her right mind is ever okay with being cheated on. Never in my life have I met a person who was cheated on by their significant other and was just okay with it. THAT IS JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS. I realize that when reading these stories that we cannot always apply common sense to them, but come on, really? Are we honestly supposed to just believe that the great King Arthur, the most loved and respected king that ever was, just shrugged off the love of his life cheating on him with his *supposedly* most loyal and trusted knight? Right. That makes total sense. my biggest issue concerns Arthur himself and the way he deals with this traitorous affair, don't think that I have forgotten about the two traitors in question. I'll start with Lady Gwen. In my head, I see her as weak, pitiful, easily swayed by the opinions of others, and immature. In fact, she reminds me a bit of Eve in the Garden of Eden, when she is tempted by the apple. I think that she sets a bad example for her people as well. If the Queen cannot stay loyal to her king, how does anyone expect any other kind of loyalty (both to the kingdom, Arthur, or spouses)? The way that I see her reacting to Arthur finding out about her affair is kind of like this:
Now, moving on to the famous
Lancelot. As I said earlier on, if Lance is supposed to Camelot’s golden boy
and Arthurs most trusted knight, how could he have ever thought that sleeping
with Gwen, the Queen, was a good idea? Certainly we all have experienced
different sorts of temptation and lived to tell the tale of how we denied it.
Are all men as weak as Lancelot, or is the bravest knight in all the land
merely especially susceptible to Gwen’s' charms? The world may never know. Another reason that
I cannot stand Lancelot anymore (before this class I was a firm believer that
one day my knight in shining armor would one day come galloping up to me on a
powerful steed. However, now I am a bit wiser and more savvy, I know that if he
actually does do that, it is probably not his first or his last time doing it),
is that he never shows any signs of guilt or remorse. Though it probably
wouldn't help the situation, at the very least he could gain a few points back.
And so, here ends my rant. I will
ask this: Am I just a ranting lunatic who is fixated on this issue, or does
anyone else feel the same way?
