Amanda Weaver Dr. Thomas ENL 3013-001 20 November 2014 Critical Paper Beowulf - Unknown Good wins over evil through the virtues of courage, strength, loyalty, and integrity. Beowulf comes to the assistance of the Danes for complicated reasons. Certainly he is interested in increasing his reputation and gaining honor and payment for his own king back in Geatland. However, there is an implication that Beowulf's family owes a debt to Hrothgar. Beowulf's father, Ecgtheow, once killed a leader of another tribe in a feud. When his enemies sought vengeance, Ecgtheow took refuge with Hrothgar, then a young king. Eventually, Hrothgar settled the feud by making a tribute payment (wergild) of "fine old treasures" (472) to Ecgtheow's enemies. The bond …show more content…
He wanted to contrast views by embodying the values of each in ideal knights. He did this by facilitating generalized comparative judgments of the relative cultural value each view of knighthood possessed. Malory's typology of knighthood provides the long-sought "key" to the organizing structural principle of the work besides having major thematic implications. (Kelly 105) In his first Tale, Malory introduces his typology through two sets of three knights who are on parallel quests; each knight represents a type: first, the quests of Gawain (Heroic), Torre (True), and Pellinore (Worshipful), then the quests of Gawain (Heroic), Ywain (Worshipful), and Morholt (True). The Chivalric Code of Le Morte d’Arthur throughout the tales of King Arthur are a combination of stories of brave knights and noble lords. These stories gave a standard for people to base their values and way of life on. Sir Thomas Malory wanted to recapture the loss of chivalry with his tale “Le Morte d’Arthur”. He wished to inspire people to return to the basic ideals of the chivalric code. Le Morte d’Arthur presents the importance of possessing the characteristics of honor, loyalty, and