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...waits her. This reality is the cornerstone of all she holds dear. This reality is built on loyalty and tradition. This reality is what makes Camelot all that it has become, yet in those moments spent with the charming young man, she was able to taste a forbidden fruit that planted a seed in her being. Guinevere has two strong loves in this film. It would be diminishing to call one love and one lust. She loves both men deeply, but in a different way. The king represents the ways of old. A man steeped in tradition and goodness. Lancelot represents a changing goodness that is prepared to take risks. Both are exciting and enchanting, but in the end change wins out. The lure of Lancelot's evolution draws Guinevere into an unyielding climax. And it must be noted that even the king himself was equally drawn into Lancelot's charismatic presence. Both members of the married couple wanted desperately to cling to the hope of change in a positive way. Guinevere loved the tradition and nostalgia that seeped from the king, but the vitality of youth and the scent of change drew her to the point of betrayal. In the end, Guinevere fought to hold true to her belief in tradition, but even King Arthur knew that change was in the air. She loved the people of her village and she equally embraced the people of Camelot. She clung to the reality that King Arthur was a friend of her father's and that he would keep her life in the same style and manner that she had known through out her life. Yet, a man stepped into the picture who did none of this, and she was intrigued. Although she loved the traditions that had nurtured her people and the people of Camelot, she could not resist the chance to step beyond what was known. Guinevere might be seen as the catalyst that ultimately caused the demise of Camelot. Yet, her willingness to take a chance, her strength to act on sheer instinct and emotion reveals a woman who was not beyond change, and change...