Pendragon and Duke of Cornwall. A war that would never end if only the Duke of Cornwall would give Igraine over to Uther Pendragon, of course Igraine refused this offer and ran away with her husband. “I am sick for anger and for love of fair Igraine, that I may not be whole,” (Malory 1), love has made Uther Pendragon become desperate for Igraine that he seeks help from one of his noble knights, who in turn goes out to seek merlin. “This night ye shall lie with Igraine in the castle of Tintagil; and ye shall be like the Duke her husband, Ulfius shall be like Sir Brastias, a knight of the duke’s and I will be like a knight that hight Sir Jourdanus, knight of the duke’s,” (2), Uther wants Igraine so badly that he makes an impulsive decision to have a spell hexed upon him to look like the Duke in order to sleep with Igraine, get her …show more content…
And these knights with the Round Table please me more than right great riches”, (11). At this moment Arthur is very proud of having his Round Table, knights, and wife Queen Guenever , and starts to form a deep feeling of hope and is now more motivated that his utopia of a perfect society can be accomplished. With this in mind, he has now put his utopia, the Round Table, and his noble knights before anything else, including his children and Queen Guenever. “We will put him no more in delay, for we all see that it is God’s will that he shall be our king, and who holdeth against it, we will slay,” (6), there was no stronger love than the love between Arthur and his knights at the Round Table, especially the love Arthur had for lancelot. Arthur and many others deemed Lancelot as the greatest knight of them all, and Lancelot had Arthur’s deepest trust and respect. A Round Table built of loyalty, trust, and respect was soon to be