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Lancelot (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Lancelot, the best knight in the world and the lover of the queen. He is a warrior but has some peculiarities that undermine him, and they all stem from his love. He is prone to contemplate rather than take action. Seeing an attempted rape, he debates whether to intervene; caught between love and honor, he debates whether to leap into the cart to save Guenevere. More seriously, perhaps, he is forever swooning whenever he thinks of Guenevere. At one point, he finds a comb in which is a single strand of her hair, and he nearly falls off his horse. At another...

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