CHRISTIAN: "Camelot"

This movie had a Judeo-Christian worldview. There is good and bad and the consequences of sin (or doing what's bad) are real. The most obvioius example is Lancelot and Guennevierre's affair leads to their own misery, Arthur's suffering and so on until it leads eventually to the downfall of the great ideal that Arthur had built Camelot upon. Also, Arthur's sin resulting in his illigitimate son and his failure to properly acknowledge the kinship leads to the undermining and division of his kingdom and his demise. Sin likewise results in our death and it eats away at our foundation and our noble ideals.

Along these lines, it is evident that mankind is sinful by nature, that even the good king Arthur sins. Furthermore, as seen above, sin is the origin of conflict and suffering. This is consistent with the Christian worldview.

On the other hand, good can be seen also. Arthur establishes the good values of not being offended for one's own personal honor in a selfish and hot-headed manner. Instead, he establishes a round table where everyone is equal and disputes and problems are reasoned out logically and in a civilized manner. Also, when Arthur realizes that Lancelot and Guennevierre have fallen in love, his first natural inclination is to take revenge on them. However, he tames these impulses and returns to the value of "might for right" and looking out for other's interests.

In the end, as Mrs. Kirk discussedd in class, Arthur serves as a sort of Christ figure. When he speaks to the boy and commands him to tell of the glory of Camelot and never to forget, it relates to Christ's Great Commission to his followers, who are to tell the Good News throughout the world. Also, Arthur knights the boy. In the Biblical application, I see this as a sort of conferrence of authority, just like Jesus gave His followers the Holy Spirit.

The commission of King Arthur to the boy is an important part in the closing. Therein lies the hope. That hope is that all of Arthur's righteous efforts were not in vain becasue the boy will remember the glory that came of a righteous foundation and that the boy will spread the ideal to all people and perhaps, the ideal will once again come to life.