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Arthur

Chapter 1: ARTHUR A TRAGEDY
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A poetic tragedy set in the Arthurian court that traces the unraveling of royal order after the return of a celebrated knight whose secret liaison with the queen undermines loyalty, provokes factional plotting, and triggers violent confrontation. Courtroom ceremonies, secret confidences, and shifting loyalties expose moral ambiguity in heroic ideals; scheming relatives exploit the scandal to seize power, leading to civil war, personal ruin, and fatal consequences for leaders and lovers. The drama emphasizes themes of honor, betrayal, duty, and the collapse of chivalric values through tightly wrought scenes and formal verse, concluding with the kingdom's fragmentation and the poignantly human costs of pride and divided allegiance.

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Title: Arthur

A tragedy

Author: Laurence Binyon

Release date: March 26, 2023 [eBook #70384]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Small Maynard and Company, 1923

Credits: Charlene Taylor, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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ARTHUR
A TRAGEDY