“The Mists of Avalon” is a film that tells the story of the Arthurian legends through the eyes the of the infamous Morgan le Fey, the daughter of Ingrain and Gorlois. Morgan tells the tales of the Arthurian culture from her point of view, but adds in her personal feelings as well. The story starts off with three sisters, one of which is the lady of the lake, Vivian, the jealous sister Morgause and Ingrain, the one who is supposed to give birth to Arthur. King Arthur is destined to be King of Camelot and Morgan is destined to follower in her aunt's Vivian footsteps and become the Lady of the Lake. When Arthur and Morgan became of age, they were set up to have sex with one another so that Arthur would bare a son to take over the throne and continue on to protect Camelot. Their son, Mordred, was born and as he grew up he had the bad influence of his aunt Morgause to lead him to turn his back on his biological parents. In the end, he went to war …show more content…
Sex in the Medieval period, to me, was a big issue; since everything was based off of religion, everyone was trying to live by the book because they didn't want to go to hell when they died. After Gwenwyfar had slept with Lancelot, she had got caught and decided to go to and become a nun. She gave up her true love because she knew that because she had slept with Lancelot, she would be punished so she repented her sins. When married couples had sex, they only thought about conceiving a child; they didn't actually enjoy the act because that too, was a sin. It was a sin to enjoy sex because they thought that if they enjoyed it, the woman would not get