Le Morte d’Arthur · Character
Sir Pelleas
A knight who suffers unrequited love for the Lady Ettard.
minor
Also known as Pelleas, Sir knight Pelleas
First appearance: How Queen Guenever rode a-Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green
Sir Pelleas shows up with force in How a Knight and a Dwarf Strove for a Lady. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Defeats ten knights but allows himself to be bound and led away; revealed to be the best knight in the world, hopelessly in love with Lady Ettard.
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In How a Knight and a Dwarf Strove for a Lady: Defeats ten knights but allows himself to be bound and led away; revealed to be the best knight in the world, hopelessly in love with Lady Ettard. Later, in How King…
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- Central tragic figures
- Knights of conflict and loyalty
- Supporting and legendary figures
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- How a Knight and a Dwarf Strove for a Lady
- How King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have a sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawaine promised him to get to him the love of his lady
- How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping
- How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after
- The Return to Court and the Rise of New Knights
- How Queen Guenever rode a-Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green
- How Sir Meliagrance Took the Queen and Her Knights
- How Sir Launcelot Had Word How the Queen Was Taken
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