Because the knight was alone and dying when he was found.
Both the stories are talking about education as a way of understanding, bridging the gap and enlightening people.
Explanation:
Both of these stories deal with fundamental theme of providing education of something to a people who do not have access to it.
“Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison” and “Village Schools and Traveling Soldiers" both are about people who are in either an undesirable position or in a difficult position and often do not get to study enough.
This is shown as a way to bridge the gap between them and the society and making them more enlightened. It is also about understanding their position as a people.
Josephine is concerned for her health, specifically the heart trouble.
Menelaus most strongly affects the epic plot through his compelling speech.
You can see here in the speech that 'they all held their peace,' meaning that everybody stopped fighting in order to hear what Menelaus had to say. And what he said resonated with everyone so that their fighting stopped completely - his speech made them have a change of heart and heed his advice.
