Question

GUENEVERE: Lancelot! LANCELOT: Guenevere! (They go up to each other, and he takes both her hands. They stand that way for a moment. Then he says lightly)—Darning King Arthur’s socks, I see! GUENEVERE: (releasing herself, and going back to her chair) Yes. Sit down. LANCELOT: Where’s his royal highness? GUENEVERE: New York. Why don’t you ever come to see us? Source: Dell, Floyd. King Arthur’s Socks. 1922. King Arthur’s Socks and Other Village Plays. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, 2004. Google Books. Web. 7 July 2011. What is the author’s purpose in the above passage, and how does he achieve it through his organization and choice of details?

Answer 1

The author's purpose in the above passage was to show how Lancelot bid his lord goodnight and went out of the room to find Guinevere. It tells that a secret action that they did not want to be found out by their Lord. The author use a step by step organization to give the depth of the events.