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Excerpt from Character in the Matter of England Part of a Thesis
Here, surely, if anywhere, we get the ideal king of merchant and laborer.
The heroes are more likely to be individualized than other characters. Nevertheless, the greater part of their traits are thoroughly typical. The ideal knight of this group is one of great personal beauty and strength, who hates infidels, enjoys battle, is a faithful lover of one woman. He is often rude, sometimes cruel, always pure. He stands opposed to the chival rous, gentle, often immoral knight typified in Lancelot.
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