LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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As a historical figure with whom her audience is largely unfamiliar
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As a warrior king
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As someone who broken the tradition of offering lavish gifts to his supporters
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As a modest ruler who defended his own borders
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Detailed explanation-1: -The relationship comes with one caveat, however: The fairy makes Lanval promise that he will never tell anyone about his love. When Lanval returns to Arthur’s castle, King Arthur’s notoriously adulterous wife Guinevere spots Lanval in the garden and attempts to seduce him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lanval is one of the Lais of Marie de France. Written in Anglo-Norman, it tells the story of Lanval, a knight at King Arthur’s court, who is overlooked by the king, wooed by a fairy lady, given all manner of gifts by her, and subsequently refuses the advances of Queen Guinevere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lanval was alone and forlorn, he had no relative, no friend. 400 Gawain went and pledged himself for him, and all his companions followed. The king addressed them: “I release him to you on forfeit of whatever you hold from me, lands and fiefs, each one for himself."
Detailed explanation-4: -King Arthur, who features in the story “Lanval, ” is the king of Britain and head of a group of knights called The Round Table.