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Personified as the ghost of Guenevere's dead mother, the past disrupts a present in the Awntyrs off Arthure to convey a warning about an ominous future to an unlikely subject: Guenevere herself. This interaction between mother and daughter functions as an important commentary on the inevitable limitations associated with any conception of history, temporal stability, or power.

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The conflicting perspectives of Lancelot apparent within the first two tales of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur highlight the competing impulses that haunt Malory’s ideal knight from his earliest appearances in the narrative proper. Through skilful renegotiation of tradition, Malory effectively challenges audiences to consider the precise nature of the values commemorated in every retelling of the Arthurian legend.

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