Knight of the Cart Part 2

The style of Chretien De Troyes differs from that of Malory in many ways first being that there are significantly less characters within this particular work versus the character overload of Malory. The female characters as Kori mentioned seem to have more knowledge in this section for example Gwynevere in the very beginning of this story on page 206 shows some considerable amount of previous knowledge about her impending fate. The writing style with the quips of the author in Chretien's writing also stands apart from Malory's story because never before do we see the author inputting insight and opinion so frequently within the store. The characters in Chretien's story particularly Launcelot seem to have more inner thought than what was portrayed by Malory. In Malory's take of the story of Arthur it seems as though the battles are rushed into for no other reason than spotting another knight in the woods where as in Chretien's story we see Launcelot debating some morals of shame and such before leaping into battle for example see page 221. Also the significance of characters like sir Kay and Sir Melegant are much more stressed in the Chretien version of this story than in the Malory version. Malory had Sir Kay and Sir Melegant as minor characters with really no higher importance that made them stand above any other character to make themselves memorable where as in the latter story they blow play huge significant roles.