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King Arthur Qualities

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King Arthur is a complex, double-sided character. In Le Morte d’Arthur, Thomas Malory shows Arthur displaying admirable chivalric qualities. But along with these prided traits, Arthur also despicable qualities through arrogant, un-respectable actions, that are quite the opposite of those identified with a chivalric knight. Thomas Malory displays the one King Arthur as a respectable, honorable, justiciable knight by listening to the opinions of his court at Camelot. Despite the fact that he didn’t make the best choice, he still showed courtesy and respect, while agreeing with Sir Gawain and marching on Lancelot’s kingdom. Arthur showed his true feeling for the siege of benwick when Thomas Malory wrote “…and when he had heard Sir Lancelot’s

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