Similarities Between Monty Python And The Holy Grail

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In the medieval times, there was a certain way you have to behave in order to fit in, as most eras are. There are numerous examples of the love, chivalry, and religion in Medieval Literature and all examples are very clear in the way they’re to be followed. The film Monty Python and The Holy Grail completely mocks all of those examples. Every cultural tradition that was practiced in the medieval times is made a joke in the film in many different ways. To start, how the act of courtly love and roles/responsibilities of women are to be in the medieval times are portrayed very out of sorts. Domestic responsibilities of women in those times included women typically marrying in their teens, caring for the children they had, and cooking for their families. In medieval literature, this is how the wife of Sir Ector would have. Sir Ector took Arthur in to protect him from those who he predicted would have attempted to take the throne, therefore, the home life of his wife would’ve been as recently described. In Monty Python, the way they portrayed women was to cater to the man’s every need. Not only did the girls in the film appeared to be teenagers, who traditionally should have been married by that age but were not, but there were also girls who were still children throwing themselves onto Sir Galahad The Chaste. It wasn’t …show more content…
The roles of women in that time period were contradicted just enough so as you knew what their role was supposed to be like. When Lancelot displayed everything not to do when attempting to be chivalric, it displayed everything you should not do. While religion was mocked in a very obvious way, you could tell how Catholics were traditionally meant to confess their sins. The film Monty Python and The Holy Grail did a great job of contradicting the medieval times while still connecting enough symbolic elements together to keep it
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