Endurance of the Arthurian Legend

These Arthurian Legends have endured this test of time because many people enjoy reading them still today. The writers of the medieval times period are writers that had such a great imagination of everything and that is what made these stories so good! These stories were filled with romance, the good vs evil, the battle field action, adventure, challenges, and even some have comedy and mystery. These great ideas are all combined in these stories to make them great and never forgotten. People of all ages and gender can read them if they have an imagination that can run wild.
The first reason these Arthurian Legends are so great and are still loved today is the action and adventure that is in it. These stories are full of adventure! In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain faces a new adventure every day. He left his home in search of the Green Knight and it started a great adventure for him. An adventure full of temptation and challenges. his greatest challenge was resisting the lady of the castle. A quote from this book, "That beautiful princess pressed him so hard, urged him so near to the limit, he needed either to take her love or boorishly turn her away."(lines 2770-2773). This quote kind of explains the temptation that Sir Gawain faced on his adventure in search of the Green Knight. There is also much action in these stories. Most of this action takes place on the battle fields. This action is very gruesome, lots of blood. which I personally do not enjoy very much, but it makes these stories the legends they are today.
The next reason these stories are so famous still today is the romance in them. Which is what i love about these stories. It makes them so great! There is romance in most all of these stories. In The First Knight there is romance between Sir Launcelot and Arthur's wife Guenevere. Even though she is supposed to be married to King Arthur there is a certain spark between the two of them. This wasn't the romance story like the one between Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell. Sir Gawain married her for who she was on the inside not the outside. This story was a true romance! Sir Gawain married the ugliest girl when he could have had anyone. He did it so his uncle would not have to die. "Gwain the finest knight in the land, was to marry this monstrous creature!"(Sir Gawain and the Lady Ragnell). In the end it was a happy ending because she turned back to her beautiful self. The stories of the medieval times stayed popular because of the romance part of it. The romance in these stories kept the women reading them not just the men.
Another big part of the reason that these stories are so popular still today is the good vs evil part of it. In all the stories of this time there is always constant good vs evil battles. These battles are especially shown in King Arthur's life. In the movie Excalibur, there is good vs evil through out it. Especially on the battle field, and i think that a lot of people like to see and read about good vs. evil. And in the end I think everyone wants to see the good win over the evil. And Mordrid is the evil in this. Arthur receives a warning that he will die. And in the end Mordrid stabs King Arthur and he does die. This story has many different scenarios on good vs. evil throughout the story.
In the end the Endurance of the Arthurian Legend lives on into today's time period. Everybody loves the stories from this time period just because it is a good read for everyone of all ages and both genders. If you use your imagination to a little bit you will love these stories even more! There is so much adventure and action but yet there is also so much romance! It is a great combination of everything. And that is why these stories are still so popular today!

Medieval Romance

Medieval Romance is truly a fairytale romance. Everything works out with these couples. They have the perfect romance. Their knight in shining armour comes riding in and saves them and they fall in love. These medieval romances convey a sense of of supernatural. They present a hero enraged in pure adventure. The hero is always going to save the lady. I really have enjoyed reading them though they make me feel so good even though it is chivalry. "It is a choice I cannot make, my dear Ragnell. It concerns you. Whatever you choose be fair by day or by night-"(Anonymous). I love this kind of stuff. He is being the great knight and marrying this ogre and letting her decide what she will look like by day or by night. A true romance but yet unrealistic because what girl can change what she looks like just like that. Even though I love this romance story it is full of chivalry as are most romances during this time period.