The Character Of Merlyn In The Once And Future King

He learned that people can be cruel. That the world is not the same for various people

I believe that the purpose of this adventure was to ultimately create a divide between Kay and Wart’s futures. Merlyn knows that Wart is destined to be a powerful king and that Kay will be a knight. Therefore, he sends them both on this adventure knowing that Kay will be the one to ultimately kill the griffin and lead the mission, which is a knight’s job. Wart, on the other hand, was the one trampled by the griffin, and he believed that Wart would come to a a realization that he did not want

Merlin has successfully brought up King Arthur to become a virtuous man and a worthy king who is exceptionally capable of fulfilling Machiavelli’s guidelines. For example, Machiavelli states in “Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, are Blamed” from The Prince that “…a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.” Merlin taught Arthur integrity and goodness. King Arthur takes this wisdom to build the

He learned that politics, personal life, and Christianity were of the same piece. They were not three separate things but they were one.

that he had to fight for himself to survive and that everyone wsa responsible for themselves. He became

Charlie Parker was a co-leader and then leader of a quintet and he became famous by mocking and perfecting the styles of others he observed while working in New York. He was not initially famous and had to work his way up to stardom, and he also suffered a drug and alcohol addiction that caused him to decline as a musician in his later years. Dizzy Gillespie started off in a good place in the music industry, playing in New York and becoming one of the fist soloists in the Cab Calloway Orchestra. Eventually, he got fired from his trumpeting position and started working with Parker and would have jam sessions in his home with many musicians discussing chord progressions and bebop in general. Later in life, he focused on big band and added cuban

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Each book in the novel told of a different theme, which gave the novel its appeal. “The Once and Future King” holds multiple themes that all come together to tell a great tale. One major theme one noticed in the book one was learning. Wart was a young boy that did a lot of things. He also made a lot of mistakes and sometimes did not follow instructions.

the traits of a “good king”. He was a warrior with extraordinary abilities which made him seem

Instead he choose to go and fight the knight himself. Arthur came from humble beginnings and did not know he was born to be king. As king he treats his knights as equals because he thinks that his life is no more important than theirs. Just as they would give their lives for him, he would do the same for them. By choosing to fight his own fight he shows courage in the face of a great adversary.

Among the gists that I have learnt from his story are the fact that he learnt a lot from his past experiences and his surroundings. All the exposure and racial pride and anger that went with it has lead him to educate and reconstructed himself and also lead him to get involve with the Nation. I totally believe that his attitudes, personality and charismatic values is shaped from all the life experiences that he had gone through. For example, he learnt to be heard and recognized by making noises and yelling at others or else everyone will ignore him.

He used this battle as a lessons learned so that he could apply it to other battles he would soon face.

The most important character in the story of King Arthur in both versions is Arthur himself or “Wart” as he was known as before becoming King. While the movie does a decent job at portraying him as this weak unaware character, the movie does not give him enough credit for the feats he accomplishes himself. In the film, when Wart is transformed into a fish, Archimedes ultimately has to save Wart from the pike that almost kills him. However, in the book Wart manages to escape from the Pike by his own volition of knowledge, instead of the sheer power the Pike was using. Another time when Wart is portrayed as incompetent is when he is first introduced as a character. He ruins Kay’s shot at the deer and he is not even able to get the arrow back with ease. However as the story develops in the book, Wart’s character also develops. While he might start out as weak, he eventual grows into an intellectual character with depth and confidence. During his lesson with the birds of prey and his ordeal, Wart is put into a situation where he needs to outsmart Colonel Cully. He does this through distracting the Colonel by using fear as a tool: “There is a cat behind you,” said the Wart calmly, “or a pinemarten. Look” (The Sword in the Stone). On the other hand, during his lesson with the geese Lyo-lyok helped him analyze the inhumane characteristics of humanity when she said: “But what creature could

From the beginning of his life as a warrior to the end as a king, he gains and develops glory, responsibility and courage, all vital to his reign as a successful king.

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