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Article: Guiding Lights: Feminine Judgment and Wisdom in Malory's Morte Darthur
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- Arthuriana
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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From minor figures to the Morte's most important female characters, women assess and judge in matters of social and courtly behavior, chivalry, love, and morality. Furthermore, Malory opens and closes his work with a female model of noble action who influences other characters and his readers while underscoring his major themes. Malory's treatment of these female characters demonstrates the importance of the feminine in the Morte. (JJ)
Malory's Morte Darthur is a work driven by male desire, will, and action, from its dramatic opening where Uther is willing to sacrifice everything for his lust for Igraine to Arthur's death where the king chooses vengeance on Mordred over preserving his ...