What would you do if you found $100,000 dollars in a bank bag on the way home from school tonight? Would you turn it in and hope for a reward? Or would you keep it for yourself? Our answer speaks of our morality; of what we think is the right thing to do. So what is morality? The most straightforward answer is that morality is the human attempt to define what is right and wrong about our actions and thoughts, and what is good and bad about being who we are. Every one of the three “novels” we’ve read this semester Le Morte D’Arthur, Frankenstein, and Lord of the Flies fixates on inquiries of human morality: How is morality defined? What is the origin of morality? What is the relationship of human society to morality? Can humans truly be moral and good? If so, how? I am going to be comparing and contrasting the views of human …show more content…
The story centers itself on many characters and their way of following the chivalric code. Some examples given are Sir Lancelot and his escapades, Sir Galahad and his purity, or Sir Mordred and his greed. The chivalric code is a concept not many knights could follow to the end. These characters’ imperfections are what makes this story great, we see them triumph and we see them fail in every way. They all chose paths that seemed to be the best, they used their free will and got what God gave them. The code was something they each had to follow, and they followed it however they thought best, but some shamelessly ignored it. As the reign of King Arthur came to an end, we see the destruction it brought to the knights and to Camelot. The chivalric code was a meaningful way to follow a moral code, to do what’s right, to follow God’s word. In any case, the chivalric code for us would be the Ten Commandments. King Arthur and his Round Table did what any human would do, live their life and try to be as virtuous and righteous as one can