ENGL 216 Exam Two Characters

Agravain (Le Morte Darthur)

• Knight who tells Arthur of Guinevere’s affair with Lancelot because he was upset Lancelot rescued him (lowering his honor) 

Beaumains (Le Morte Darthur)

Balin’s brother, gets killed

 Bors de Ganis (Le Morte Darthur)

• Good Knight who receives the sword and kills the lady of the lake. Banished. Kills brother because he doesn’t recognize him, 2 swords, too much masculinity, like arthur who dies 

Cador (Silence)

• Silence’s father, nephew of Evan. Marries Eufemie for love after being treated by her 

Clarence (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court)

• The boy/man who Hank interacts with after he first arrives. Becomes his right hand man, working at the press and helping him organize his society. 

Elaine of Ascolat (Le Morte Darthur)

• Woman who dies of lovesickness for Lancelot 

Eufeme (Silence)

• King Evan’s wife. Attempts to sleep with Silence, eventually getting them sent to France and attempting to have them killed. 

Ettard (Le Morte Darthur)

is a great lady that has a country north of Arroy. Sir Pelleas loved her.

Eufeme (Silence)

• King Evan’s wife. Attempts to sleep with Silence, eventually getting them sent to France and attempting to have them killed. 

Euphemie (Silence)

• Silence’s mother, wife of Cador. Nurse. 

Evan (Silence)

• The king who outlaws female inheritance. Ends up marrying Silence

Hello-Central (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court)

• Hank Morgan’s and Sandy’s child, named after Sandy’s misunderstanding of his dreams where he’s talking to the phone operator 

Joseph of Arimathea (Le Morte Darthur)

• First keeper of holy grail; helped carry Jesus’s body off the cross 

 Lavaine (Le Morte Darthur)

• Follower of Lancelot, elaine’s brother, lancelot’s vassal, helps him when he’s in exile

Malduit (Silence)

• Silence’s assumed identity when working as a minstrel. Means badly raised

Morgause (Le Morte Darthur)

• Half sister of Arthur, mother of Mordred (incestual child); wife of Uriens and mother of Agravain, Gawain, Gareth, Gaheris, 

Nenive (Le Morte Darthur)

lady of the lake, gives arthur excalibur

Pelleas (Le Morte Darthur)

knight of round table, marries lady of the lake

Sandy (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court)

• The woman who Hank marries. Met her because he was forced to go on a quest. Flawed because of how she was raised (superstitious) but capable of learning.

Lyonet (Le Morte Darthur)

travels to king arthur’s court to get help for her sister, lyonesse

Lyonesse (Le Morte Darthur)

lands are sieged by red knight and needs help, marries Gareth