Chapter 17-resumé af Le Morte Darthur

Hvad sker der?

1. King Ban and King Bors depart, and Arthur rides to Carlion, where Lot’s wife arrives secretly to spy.
2. Arthur falls in love with her, and Mordred is born; Arthur does not know that she is his sister.
3. After her departure, Arthur dreams of destructive griffins and serpents that wound him before he kills them.
4. Arthur goes hunting to distract himself, but his horse dies during a long pursuit of a stag.
5. Beside a fountain, Arthur sees a beast whose belly sounds like hounds, except while it drinks.
6. King Pellinore arrives seeking the beast and asks for Arthur’s horse so he can continue his year-long pursuit.

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The narrator makes Arthur’s ignorance explicit. This separates what Arthur understands from the family relationship revealed to the reader.

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