L’altro tradimento. Lancillotto, la sorella di Meleagant e il finale del Chevalier de la Charrette

L’altro tradimento. Lancillotto, la sorella di Meleagant e il finale del Chevalier de la Charrette

In the Chevalier de la Charrette by Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot manages to complete his quest and saves Arthur’s court from the wicked Meleagant. The young sister of Meleageant plays a key role in this process, by setting him free from the tower where he was imprisoned. Moving from an analysis based on lexicon and narrative devices, the essays discusses the role of the maiden in the plot, the relationship between her and Lancelot and finally the conception of love that the ending of the Charrette presents to the reader.