Monty Python and the Holy Grail was created for comedy to the British. Monty Python is both a parody and satire. Of course parodies aren’t made to be serious, but for laughs. As to why Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a satire too, it attempts to make a point when it imitates another work. Monty Python was a spin on the tales Morte d’ Arthur. In the tale Morte d’ Arthur, a story of battles and chivalric moments of King Arthur then leading up to his death. One of the main topics discussed in Morte d’ Arthur and the film is the chivalric code and knightly behavior.
As much as Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a mock film, throughout the opening scenes there were knights that were tested for chivalric code. These knights were tested for their loyalty, bravery, and honesty to themselves and their king. In tale Morte d’ Arthur, the king was challenged for a battle with the Green Knight. Therefore, in the film King Arthur had ran into a battle of the Black Knight and the Green Knight, where the Black Knight won and then tested King Arthur to battle in order to pass through his land. A test was given to both of the knights. During the battle, the Black Knight was losing the battle and his limbs were
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Towards the end of Monty Python, the army of knights of King Arthur come towards a bridge, they had to answer 3 questions truthfully. For the first question, Sir Lancelot answered first and therefore this showed his bravery for putting himself first. The questions that were asked for Lancelot consisted of his name, his quest, his favorite color. This also shows his wisdom and maturity to even answer these non relevant questions to pass a bridge. The other knights were also tested too, Galahad had responded with the wrong answer to which is his favorite color. Since Galahad answered wrong he was killed in a very humorous