Arthur and the Grail
Sir Thomas Malory described a small fraction of the myth surrounding the Holy Grail, in his book, Le Morte D’Arthur. In the “The Sangreal”, Sir Malory gives an in depth account of The Knights of the Round Table’s quest for the ever famous gilded cup. However, the tale of the Holy Grail does not begin nor end there. Within Christianity the form of the Grail is debatable, and throughout society the truth of the Grail is questionable. In Le Morte D’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory describes a quest in which the Knights of the Round Table search and fight for the Holy Grail. This quest is particularly trying. As King Arthur said himself, “My lords… never again shall our complete fellowship be assembled at this castle, for soon you shall depart on the quest of the Holy Grail, from which some of you shall not return” (Baines 364). And many of the knights did not return. They were either to impure or to stricken by the holiness of the object to go on in the physical world. The Grail was said to sit on “an altar covered by a fresh silk cloth, {on this cloth} stood a silver candlestick with six candles all burning. Above, angels were flying; one held a sacred cross, another a brilliant-burning cross” (Baines 422). Th
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Approximate Word count = 1485
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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