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Discussion starters:
- What is Arthur's relationship to Bedevere?
- In what ways might the haze/fog during the
last battle be symbolic of other things?
- Of what importance is Gawain's ghost?
- What Christian symbolism do you find
incorporated into Tennyson's retelling of the story?
- Why is it so important that Excalibur be returned
to the lake?
"La Morte D'Arthur" by James
Archer (1823-1904) from Barber, above.
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Critical Sources:
 Barber, Richard. King
Arthur: Hero and Legend. Third ed., revised, corrected. Woodbridge,
Suffolk: Boydell, 1993.
[Glasscock, Frederick.]
The Symbolic Meaning of the Story of King Arthur. Tintagel: King Arthur's
Hall, [1929].
Hopkins, Andrea. Chronicles
of King Arthur. New York: Penguin-Studio, 1993.
Other Sources of the Story:
Malory, Sir Thomas. Le
Morte D'Arthur. 2 vols. New York: Penguin, 1969.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The
Road to Camlann. New York: Puffin, 1994.
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