his battle 960 men died as a result of Arthur’s charge. This would be Arthur’s greatest victory over the Saxons and would stop them (James 1-3).With the Saxons at bay Arthur turned to find a wife. Arthur “turned his eye” to Guinevere. According to legend Arthur never met Guenivere before their marriage. In fact Arthur sent Lancelot to go fetch her before the wedding. On the way supposedly the two fell in love. This would prove to be a doomed romance (Ford 6). According to Barbara Harrison, as Arthur aged his kingdom, Camelot went into decline. The knights would turn against one another; they became mean and lost their chivalry. Arthur turned to Merlin for help in this matter. Merlin proposed a quest, a great quest for the Holy Grail. This is just what Arthur needed. He scattered his knights to the ends of the earth in search for the Grail. Sir. Lancelot came close to finding it a number of times but was said to be “too flawed” to achieve this feat. The only man pure enough to find the Grail was Sir. Galahad. In the most popular version of the story, Galahad did find the grail but “vanished form the mortal realm forever”(Starkillen 8).After the return of Lancelot from the quest for the grail he was a different person. The man who Arthur trusted most betrayed him and started an affair with his wife. Eventually Lancelot and Guenivere were discovered and captured as prisoners. Lancelot managed to escape from captivity. Guenivere is sentenced to burn at the stake as an adulteress, and without warning Lancelot swoops by on horse and rescues her. He then takes her to his castle (Starkillen 8).In Arthur’s haste to retrieve Guenivere he is attacked by the Romans. In this, his final battle of Arthur’s knights killed. In the end he is pushed to a final showdown with his son Mordred. Arthur kills Mordred, but he is mortally injured (Lord Tennyson 897). According to ...
