William Arthur s Court And Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Most Arthurian novels involve a violent conflict with multiple knights. In the cases of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and â€Å"Monty Python and the Holy Grail† violence is taken to the extreme to show how knights are allowed to get away with killing innocent people as long as they are from Camelot. This idea is expressed multiple times throughout the book and movie and used in a rather humorous way. In the book, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a few instances occur where violence is overdone. One is when Hank is dueling Sir Sagramore in front of everyone. Hank isn’t skilled with the sword, so instead of learning how to use it or finding a new weapon, he uses a lasso. This is comical because a lasso is what a cowboy uses to catch and tie up his cattle. The use of the lasso in this situation brings Sir Sagramore to the same ontological level as animals while also putting himself higher on the ontological hierarchy. After he defeat s Sir Sagramore with the lasso the other knights jump in and try to fight Hank as well. This does not go well for them as they are also defeated. The only thing that can stop such a silly weapon is Merlin who takes it away from Hank. The knights think they can finally kill Hank until he pulls out a revolver and shoots Sir Sagramore in the head. One would think everyone would be upset and a bit shocked, but no one does anything about it. Instead of being mad that the knightly code of honor was violated, everyone just lets Hank