Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D Arthur

During Sir Thomas Malory’s time nobility was in charge, and there were very obvious classes. How nobility really were and how they are portrayed is full differences and few similarities. This research paper is going to focus on the famous story, Morte d’ Arthur. It’s important to keep in mind that Malory became a knight in 1442 and served in Parliament in 1445. He then became involved in crime and allied himself politically with people and groups who opposed the royal government. “He also spent several years in prison for his crimes and political allegiances and while in prison Malory wrote Morte d’ Arthur” (Arthurian-legend.com). Throughout Morte d’ Arthur three underlining characteristics stood out, good judgment, selflessness, and service

Arthur demonstrates the qualities of a good leader in Morte d’ Arthur. But not all men can be as strong as Arthur, like Sir Kay and the nobles that are single minded. Sir Thomas made a perfect knight and king in Morte d’ Arthur even though men cannot show these characteristic in that pure form. “And originally knights had few of these qualities” (themiddleages.net). This is where Sir Thomas’s perspective becomes important, his story is an idealized version of a hero and how those times were. Arthur in Morte d’ Arthur is a made up character in a story by Sir Thomas Malory, he is a hero figure showing only the good in men. “Modern scholars have generally assumed that there was some actual person at the heart of the story” (The Camelot

“King Arthur nobility and selfless bravery made him king” (arthurian-legend.com). Sir Thomas Malory was influenced by the knights in his time to write Morte d’ Arthur and to show what the real noblemen were like. It’s safe to say that how things were in this story and how they were during the real time are quite different. The story is more myth. Malory’s own experience ended with some shame and imprisonment while his character Arthur is portrayed as only good. Arthur is a good knight and king; he fights against the forces of evil. In doing so he brings justice into the