In the novel The Once and Future King, by TH White, the character, Queen Guinevere, is depicted as a confused and lost woman in a marriage combined. She had an internal struggle with a shameful secret, an affair with the ugly knight Lancelot. In the time of King Arthur, women were limited in what they could do and the decisions they could make. She ultimately made some poor choices in her life, which led to the disapproval of those around her. He was in his marriage by force and had no malicious intent, but he did what he felt he needed. Guinevere's dialogue with Lancelot shows signs of guilt, but an overall distinct feeling of love. On page 549, she states that "You (Lancelot) will be slain, and I will be burned, and our love has come to a bitter end." The love she has for Lancelot is obviously strong, enough to allow her to accept her end. This sad articulation of her love for him is quite powerful. He understands his actions and also shows signs of paranoia. He states, on page 567, that "Tristram slept with King Mark's wife, and the king killed him for it." Ginevra is thoughtful about what will happen, both for her and for her partner. It's obvious that he knew that he couldn't always "have his cake and eat it too." As a woman, suffering from the psychological battle of "what is right", Ginevra was aware of her love and its results. Some characters in The Once and Future King knew Guinevere's secret and wanted to exploit her and take care of their own personal interests. problems, while others were completely unaware of the matter. King Arthur, for example, “hated knowing the future and managed to put it out of his mind”, as told on page 335. He knew, thanks to Merlin's warning, about the story and was too kind to believe it. Weakness and ignorance flooded his mind, as if they were right in front of his face. Mordred and Agravaine, on the other hand, hated Lancelot and Arthur and manipulated Guinevere's private life to satisfy their desire to kill them. Their scheme is explained on page 522, when Agravaine astutely states that “(he would kill them) not by using force against force, but by using our brains.” In a malicious plot, Arthur would be given actual proof of the affair and, in time, he and Lancelot would ultimately destroy each other..