MY RESEARCH PAPER. READ IT AND WEEP because that's what I did. T_T

[zorpisuttle]

Camelot's Conflicts: An Analysis of Lancelot in Malory, Tennyson, and White

The ‘matter of Britain’, as the Arthurian legend has come to be known, has been a favorite topic of many authors. Even Sir Thomas Malory, who wrote what has become the definitive source of many later works, was greatly indebted to previous versions of the legend, (

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[zorpisuttle]

T. H. White's Lancelot is one of the more 3-D ones I've come across. Marion Zimmer Bradley, who also gets most of her plot from Malory, does a good job with his characterization as well. (And I'm kind of treating about him as a walking talking catalyst, too... >_<)
I was thinking about talking about the women, but I couldn't find much scholarship on the topic for some reason. I'd rather focus on Tennyson if I did females, too, because gender issues are very important in Idylls. Guinevere is basically human in White, and that's all you can really say about her there (not that being human is a bad thing!), and I really didn't read anything about Malory's women. There was something about the lady hunter who shot Lancelot in the bum thinking he was a deer, but that was about it.
Mwahaha! Yes, I figured I should mention the Welsh source. :D Fun Fact: I first tried to look up the spelling on Wotmania because I knew I had read about it there. :P

[zorpisuttle]

Heh, pretty much. It's actually kind of a funny scene. :)

It doesn't seem to be mentioned any more, but I'm pretty sure I first heard about it from Wotmania's FAQs, for that exact reason.

[eleneta]

I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU'LL SEE THIS BEFORE SCHOOL BUT WHEN YOU BUMP YOUR QUOTES IN, THERE ARE NO QUOTATION MARKS. AND THE CITATION COMES AFTER THE PERIOD.

(other than that, looks good.)

[zorpisuttle]

AAAAAH I MEANT TO GET THAT.

I will never remember the proper way to cite things.

[anonymous]

Is it Guinevere or Guinever, you can't seem to make up your mind throughout the paper. Also, somewhere in the middle of the text, Galahad is a perfect night. (perhaps for his girlfirend)

Interesting paper.

[zorpisuttle]

Hah, Galahad with a girlfriend is a very ridiculous notion. Unless it's the Sangraal maiden. They'd get along very well. I am going to ignore the "night" issue because it is too late to change it.

Also, the different spellings of Guenever are deliberate- she's spelled differently in Malory than she is in Tennyson and White, and since it's a compare/contrast paper I figured the differentiation might be helpful. I did the same with Lancelot and Launcelot.

[anonymous]

Okay; I guess if Galahad and the maiden were willing, it'd be a great night for a knight...

Reminds me of a funny anecdote about Lord Kelvin of the temperate scale fame. Apparently he was a famous scientist, but a lousy professor. When he was called upon by Queen Victoria to be knighted for his scientific work, he went to London and had one of his graduate students, Day, (who later became a famous scientist in his own right) take over his classes. Day turned out to be an outstanding teacher, and the students dreaded the return of Kelvin to the lecturn. Upon hearing that Lord Kelvin was due back from court soon, one student supposedly remarked to his fellow students,"Let's study while the Day shines, for the Knight is fast approaching."

[zorpisuttle]

...ow. Dare I ask if that's actually true? :)

Oh, also, the Canon camera battery charger says this on the back:
INPUT: 100V-240V AC 50/60Hz
0.085A(100V)
-0.05A(240V)
OUTPUT: 4.2V DC 0.7A

Does that mean that it can handle up to 240 volts and therefore I can use it in France and Switzerland without damaging anything or having to use a converter and adaptor?