This monograph aims to analyze the notions of sin and repentance of Lancelot and Gawain in Malorys Morte Darthur so as to unveil what Malorys ideal knight is to be like. While the traditional view takes Lancelot as a perfet knight and Gawain a reckless one because of their different dispositions, I approach these two characters from their breach of the chivalric code and their sequential penitence. Chapter I and II will study respectively how Lancelot and Gawain sin in the world of chivalry because of their wrongdoings. Although these two knights have both sinned, yet, in Malorys hands, they...