PAUL GADZIKOWSKI wrote:
> In alt.legend.king-arthur Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> : Now I would like to know why Arthur wasn't asking why his wife has
been
> : accused and convicted of treason, or asking what she did to warrant a
> : treason charge, or demanding to review the evidence to make sure its
> : valid. I find it unbelievable that Arthur wouldn't be curious as to
why
> : his wife has suddenly been convicted of treason and sentenced to
death!
>
> Because he already knows. He knows why she's been accused and convicted
> (because someone finally caught Lancleot in her bed while Arthur was
> away), he knows what she did (infidelity by the queen constitutes
> treason), and he knows why she's been convicted and sentenced to death
> (death is the penalty for treason). Did they leave that dialog out of
the
> production you saw?
In the production I saw, I did not hear anyone tell the King that Lancelot
had
been caught in bed with his wife. Arthur comes back from the forest to
face
demands that he give the order to burn his wife at the stake! Therefore,
to buy
time, Arthur should ask why his wife has been convicted of treason and ask
to
review the evidence.
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