Arthurian Legends Commentary Writing Assignment

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Answer the following commentary questions regarding, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Le Morte dArthur. You must answer ALL FOUR prompts. Each prompt must be thoroughly answered using specifics from the texts with your commentary (minimum of 2 quotations from the text for each paragraph). Remember to use Says/Does/Because in your analysis. Since you have 4 prompts to answer, you are not expected to write complete multi-paragraph essays with formulated intros and conclusions. Rather, think of a good, solid, paragraph for each one with a well throughout topic sentence that addresses the prompt. Label each response. Submit all four paragraphs in one document to Turnitin.com. Question 1 How well does Sir Gawain live up to the ideals of a knight/man as expressed by Code of Chivalry? Why? (e.g. Is Sir Gawain a model of chivalry?)

Question 2 How well does Lancelot live up to the ideals of a knight/man as expressed by Code of Chivalry? Why? (e.g. Is Lancelot a model of chivalry?)

Question 3 How well does King Arthur live up to the ideals of a knight/man as expressed by Code of Chivalry? Why? (e.g. Is King Arthur a model of chivalry?)

Question 4 Using Le Morte dArthur and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, compare/contrast Sir Gawain and Lancelot.