The First Knight

In medieval times people lived by the medieval code of chivalry which is usually associated with ideals of knightly virtues, prise and conventional love. In a knights code of chivalry a knight was expected to have attitude and skills to fight but also was expected to be kind. In the rules of imposing love it describes the pure tap of love but also the love for another mans wife. In the movie the beginning(a) knight, Lancelot displays the ideals of medieval chivalry and courtly love in admirable ways but also in ways that caused pure chaos.In the film, Lancelot illustrates the knights code of chivalry even before he became a knight. In the code of chivalry, one of the rules is to hold dear the weak and defenseless. Lancelot shows this again and again by protecting Guinevere. The prime(prenominal) time he shows this is when Guineveres carriage was attacked by prince Malagants followers and her carriage was being taken out-of-door he saved her and brought her back safely.Anothe r time is when he goes to save her from Malagants cave when she was abducted by his people from the stronghold in the middle of the night. Although he protects her all the time his reason to do so is very confused because he doesnt do it to protect the queen but because they both have a surreptitious love for each other which later on leads to a calamity. Courtly love is very head illustrated in Lancelots love for Guinevere in the film the first knight.In the rules of courtly love it points out that a true lover is continually and without interruption obsessed by the image of his beloved and that in hand of his beloved, the heart of the lover begins to palpitate. In the first knight, Lancelot admits to Guinevere more than once that he cherishes her so much that he cant balk the thought of her out of his head. Another part of the movie where he displays courtly love is when the people are playing the gauntlet and he sees her you can see that he is mesmerized by her sight and th at his heart is palpitating.Even though Lancelot was in love with King Arthurs wife (Queen Guinevere) toilet his back he still displayed even more chivalry when King Arthur noticed he would reserve an adept knight and made him a knight of the round table. When Lancelot joined this camaraderie he vowed to protect every one of his brothers no matter what. In the knights code of chivalry it points out that you have to safety the honor of his fellow knights and to protect them.When Lancelot saw that his brothers (Knights of the Round Table) needed help during a battle, he would go and protect them from the enemy. Although I accede with many of the rules of courtly love the times have changed and today its embarrassing to find someone who still follows the rules as well as Lancelot followed them for the love he had for Queen Guinevere. In spite of the fact that he is loving a married woman Lancelot stuck to many of the rules of chivalry and courtly love.