The Women of Sir Lanval or Launfal

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This paper examines the relationship of Sir Lanval/Launfal with women from two different interpretations of the story of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. In "Sir Lanval", the female characters have no real substance, they seem to appear merely to help the plot along and increase the trials and triumphs of the protagonist. In "Sir Launfal", Chester gives these important female characters more depth by giving both the fairy princess and the queen names. Neither writer develops these important female characters to their fullest potential.

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Many Medieval English works contained tails of the legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Marie de France's Lanval is yet another medieval work set primarily in Camelot and contains the Knights of the Round Table -- As well as Thomas Chester's Sir Launfal, which is influenced greatly by Marie de France's work. Sir Launfal varies slightly from Lanval, but the plot is basically the same.

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