Here is the rubric for grading essay exams.
Discuss the religious and/or political motives that some of the earlier writers of the Arthurian legend may have had.
How did the character of Arthur change as a result of the introduction of courtly love into the legend?
A. List and describe the four elements consistently found in each version of the Tristan story.
B. Compare and contrast Tristan's "love" for Isolde as seen in Beroul's The Romance of Tristan with Lancelot's "love" for Guinevere as seen in Chretien's Lancelot.
List and describe how the King Arthur movie demonstrated Arthurian Literature?
How does the Dragon vision in Wace differ from Arthur's vision in Morte Arthure?
Compare and contrast the role of Arthur's knights (mainly Lancelot) in the movie King Arthur with the role of the knights in The Knight of the Cart.
Explain how courtly love changes from Chretien’s Knight of the Cart to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Compare and contrast the love triangle found in Chretien's The Knight of the Cart (Guinevere, King Arthur, and Lancelot) to the love triangle in Beroul's The Romance of Tristan (Isolde, Tristan, and King Mark).
Compare and contrast (these make such great essay questions) Chretien's Lancelot and Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on their attitudes and approaches to courtly love.
Compare and contrast the movie and one of the stories covered in class.
Describe how the three hunting experiences and Sir Gawain encounters with Lady Bertilak are similar.
Does the story of Lanval follow the rules of the Arthurian legend? Explain why/why not?