Sir+Galahad

According to Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is the knight responsible for discovering the Holy Grail. Renowned for his chastity and piety, Sir Galahad is the illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Queen Elaine and the youngest knight at the Round Table. The story of Sir Galahad is a later medieval addition to the King Arthur saga, and was intended to glorify the pursuit of holiness over the desire for worldly goods. The emphasis of the Sir Galahad narrative is strictly theological, the holy Galahad is intended to be the knightly redeemer of the Arthurian court.

"My good blade carves the casques of men,My tough lance thrusteth sure,My strength is as the strength of ten,Because my heart is pure I never felt the kiss of love,Nor maiden's hand in mine"

// Tennyson, Alfred Lord: Wordsworth Poetry Library, 1994. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Wordsworth Editions Limited. Sir Galahad, published 1834. pp181–182. Beginning of the first stanza. //

//Tell and be damned then see what it gets you if you were not a damned fool you'd seen that I've got them too tight for any half-baked Galahad of a brother// (TSAF 110).

In reference to Faulkner's use of the term " // half-baked Galahad // " in The Sound and the Fury, it might to alluding to Quentin's perceived benevolence. Later on in the novel, the reader quickly realizes that Quentin is not the Southern gentleman that his friends assume him to be. His incestuous relationship with his sister Candace depicts a darker side to the well groomed Quentin.