Sir Thomas Malory(1430?

-1471)
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the
author or compiler of Le Morte D'Arthur.
He was a knight.
A soldier in French wars under Richard
Beauchamp.
The Father of Courtesy(because of his
fondness for the customs and traditions of
chivalry.
Died in prison for spending some 20yrs.(for
supporting the losing side in the war of roses.
An adventurer.
One of Englands finest and enduring writer.

 Born:

1405,
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Died: March 14, 1471, Newgate
Prison, City of London, United K
ingdom
Spouse: Elizabeth Walsh
Movies: Excalibur,
Knights of the Round Table,
Rings, Kings and Things: The Stan
dard Deviants
Children: Robert Malory,
Thomas Malor y

LE MORTE DARTHUR

is an extensive collection of legends about

King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table.
-most famous romance of the middle ages.
(his childhood initiation-the pulling of a
magic sword from a rock points his kinship
with such mythic and romance hero as the
greek,his mysterious birth, the complete
history of the knights of the round table
from his birth to his last battle)

Serves as a literary end

to a, and a nostalgic
summary of the middle
ages with its castles,
knights ,feudal order
and chivalric traditions

 Le Morte DArthur
The

story begins when king Arthur left

the kingdom to sir Mordred(his
bastard/illegitimate son)for a military
expedition. This corrupt and ambitious
sir Mordred produced a false letter
written that king Arthur was killed in
the battle with sir Lancelot. He
crowned himself at Canterbury and
held a 15 days feast.

Tried to marry Queen Guinevere the

wife of his father King Arthur. But Queen
Guinevere locked herself at the tower of
London guarded with victals and many
armed men's. When King Arthur
receives word of Sir Mordred treachery
he sails back to England, forcing Sir
Mordreds troops to retreat at Dover.
King Arthur manages to force Mordreds
army back to Salisbury plain, where the
two parties agreed to battle on the
Monday after the Trinity Sunday.

The last night of

King Arthur

The night before the battle, King Arthur

dreams that his tied to a wheel that plunges
into black water full of serpents and horrible
beasts. That doesnt sounds like a very good
sign. What is worse, he also dreams that sir
Gawain tells him that he will die the next day
if he goes to battle with sir Mordred. Because
of this vision, King Arthurs knight advises him
to make peace with sir Mordred and abandon
some lands to him, so he can stay alive. Sir
Mordred agrees to this. But during the signing
of treaty, the presence of o black snake
causes one of Sir Mordreds to draw his
sword, leading all the knights to begin to
fight.

 King

Arthur kills sir Mordred

by running him through with a
spear but, before he sinks to
the ground, sir Mordred
plunges his own sword into
king Arthurs head. Ouch.
Thats gonna leave a mark.

 Aware

that he was received his

death-wound, king Arthur tells
sir Bedivere to throw his sword
into a nearby lake. Sir Bedivere
hesitates at first, but upon his
third attempt he manages to
throw the sword in, upon which
he sees a hand rise from the
lake and catch it.

When King Arthur hears this, he tells

sir
Bedivere to take him to lakeside
.

There, a barge
bearing three ladies
takes king Arthur body
avylyon where king
Arthur says, he will
either be healed of his
wounds or die.

Sir Bedivere comes to the chapel where

the archbishop of Canterbury has
withdrawn, and there, finds king Arthurs
body. He decides to become a hermit
there. The narrator tells us that king
Arthur was taken away on the barge by his
two aunts Morgan Le Fay and the Queen of
North Gales, along with the Queen of the
waste lands and Dame Nyneyve. He also
tells us that some people believe that king
Arthur did not die, but only went to
another place from which he will return to
complete the crusades.

People

also say that

written upon his tomb is
Hic iacet Arthurus,rex
quondam rexque
futurus- Here lies
Arthur, The once and
future king.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

King Arthur

Queen
Guinever

SIR GAWAIN

SIR MORDRED

KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND

TABLE

SIR LAUNCELOT- King Arthurs best knight

SIR LUCAN- the butler
SIR BEDIVERE- the bold, brother of Sir Lucan
KING ARTHUR- king of England, the most
powerful king, establishes the knights of the
round table.
QUEEN GUINEVER- beautiful queen, wife of
King Arthur
SIR MORDRED- bastard or illegitimate son
of King Arthur, the traitor
SIR GAWAIN- King Arthurs nephew, also one
of his knights.

THE END