He chooses the shorter, but more dangerous path along the Sword Bridge in order to arrive at the Queen’s side quicker. In order to grip onto the sword better, he removed the armor from both his hands and his feet, because he would rather “maim himself than fall from the bridge into the water from which there was no escape” (245). Choosing the lesser of two evils led him to crossing the hazardous bridge, at the end of which “love…comforted and healed him at once and turned his suffering to pleasure” (246). Here, one can see the first real example of Love personified. Love makes his sacrifice enjoyable. It forms Lancelot back into the person he was before the injuries. In other words, Love made him stronger than he was, helping him to get through the trials and tribulations that he put himself through in order to get to the “person whom he desired to see more than anyone else in the world” (252-253). It was not entirely his own strength, pride, or the aid of others that allowed him to get as far as he did, but his Love for the queen that he
He chooses the shorter, but more dangerous path along the Sword Bridge in order to arrive at the Queen’s side quicker. In order to grip onto the sword better, he removed the armor from both his hands and his feet, because he would rather “maim himself than fall from the bridge into the water from which there was no escape” (245). Choosing the lesser of two evils led him to crossing the hazardous bridge, at the end of which “love…comforted and healed him at once and turned his suffering to pleasure” (246). Here, one can see the first real example of Love personified. Love makes his sacrifice enjoyable. It forms Lancelot back into the person he was before the injuries. In other words, Love made him stronger than he was, helping him to get through the trials and tribulations that he put himself through in order to get to the “person whom he desired to see more than anyone else in the world” (252-253). It was not entirely his own strength, pride, or the aid of others that allowed him to get as far as he did, but his Love for the queen that he