De Troyes offers an interesting and very different view of the Knight of the Cart, rather then the queen being captured by a knight in love with her this one is that she goes with Sir Kay to meet the strange knight's demands and is taken because Sir Kay is defeated.
This could be seen as a purer view of Gwynevere since she doesn't appear to be the true desire of the knight, she's taken because she is something precious to Arthur. The blame can't be laid on her but must rest on the knight, at least so far in the telling.
De Troyes' version also has elements of Mallory's telling of King Arthur and Sir Accolon, where Arthur is thrown in the dungeon with all the knights who were defeated and taken prisoner.
It could also be argued that we see a more pure form of Lancelot as well. He appears very driven by the pure emotion of love and little else for that matter.
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