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In The knight of the cart love is something that lancelot seeks. He sees his fair maiden, who happens to be a queen, and he will go to all ends to make the destiny of his love come true. His love is idealized in this story. In the Lais, love is also given a fairty tale aspect to it, and we again see the destiny in the story being the destiny of love and not of a society or religion. However, in the Lais, there are many female characters that are focused on in a protagonistic or near protagonistic light. In the knight of the cart the female characters are either destractions or corruptors of Lancelots love, or they are the reason for a shameful love triangle. Love is celebrated weh achived in the Lais. In the knight of the cart love has consequences on all involved no matter how great it may seem.