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02.08.2019 • 
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From morte d’arthur by sir thomas malory then the king got his spear in both his hands and ran toward sir mordred, crying and saying, “traitor, now is thy deathday come! ” and when sir mordred saw king arthur he ran until him with his sword drawn in his hand, and there king arthur smote sir mordred under the shield, with a thrust of his spear, throughout the body more than a fathom. and when sir mordred felt that he had his death’s wound, he thrust himself with the might that he had up to the burr of king arthur’s spear, and right so he smote his father king arthur with his sword holden in both his hands, upon the side of the head, that the sword pierced the helmet and the casing of the brain. and therewith sir mordred dashed down stark dead to the earth. and noble king arthur fell in a swough to the earth, and there he swooned oftentimes, and sir lucan and sir bedivere ofttimes heaved him up. and so, weakly betwixt them, they led him to a little chapel not far from the seaside. what is the main idea of this passage? a knight kills a snake with his sword. sir mordred fatally wounds king arthur. sir lucan kills sir mordred. king arthur and sir mordred are expressing their distrust of each other.

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