White, the author of The Once and Future King, chooses to include this exchange to illustrate Guenevere’s traditional beliefs. The writer makes a stereotypical description of women in Medieval times. Guenevere is interested in love and her own beauty. Although she is unfaithful to her husband, Arthur, she seems to be concerned with marriage.
-to show Lancelot’s capacity for deception. Lancelot disappoints King Arthur,in fact. He does not dissapoint Guenevere.
-to reveal the couple’s tendency to disagree. They love each other passionately.
-to emphasize Guenevere’s comfort with modernism. The writer is not interested in comparing Guenevere with the modern woman. A modern woman will get divorced; Guenevere will not.