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In which Arthur is conceived — 3 Comments

  1. I agree the rape by deception that goes on in this story is unsettling, especially given that Malory himself may have been a rapist.

    But I’m not sure Malory is trying to excoriate Uther from adultery (there’s a theory that the rape charges again Malory were over consentual sex, bought by an angry husband.)

    It seems to me Malory is carefully setting up Arthur’s legitimacy. Ugraine is a widow when Arthur is conceived and she marries Uther soon after.

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