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| | The setting, then, is unchanging, and so is the person responsible for Arthur’s death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | This in and of itself is not remarkable, but what is striking is the fact that Mordred's character is a subject which, if one takes in the evidence, is indisputably bad and not worthy of debate, at least once the more refined tales are produced. |
 | | In Geoffrey, Arthur learns that Mordred was "wearing his crown in tyranny and treachery" and sets out immediately to confront his "betrayer" (92). |
 | | Mordred "is wicked and wild" having "crowned himself king," but his vileness is not merely of a politically treasonous basis. |
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