ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Courtly Love, Not I, Purgatory
29 Oct 2017
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Leads to adultery > disarray in kingdom: grail, comes from latin gradale, which means platter, later stretched to mean cup, blend of celtic legend and christian ideals, romance, story that described the deeds of a noble hero. Similar to a fairy tale : tells of quests, trials, magic, quest= percival"s return to see his mother, he left his mom to become a knight. She really died: magic, woman/ cousin appear out of nowhere at end of story, castle. Everyone is gone in the morning: but someone must have closed the gate on him, trials. Crossing the river: fisher king, tries to cross the river but no bridges are too be found, a fisher tells him he can stay at his house for the night. Shows compassion, caring, understanding towards him: not i and thou but we , the king will give percival a well crafted swords and wonderful food, second test- parade of objects, grial.
