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Sir Bedivere is viewed as a saint in my eyes as a result of his will to battle, despite the fact that he may have a disadvantage (A)(B). Even though Sir Bedivere lost his hand in battle, Sir Bedivere fought alongside King Arthur at the last battle of Camelot as well (A). This is critical in light of the fact that only two individuals survived that fight and those two individuals were Sir Bedivere and King Arthur. In addition, Sir Bedivere's will to battle turned him into the duke of Neustria. Even

Merlin the magician in the story Young Arthur is a great role model for others. In this story, Merlin watches Arthur grow up and is always by Arthur’s side supporting. I believe that Merlin is a great role model because he is a caring and clever person. The definition of caring to me is showing concern for others and helping them out with something. In this story Merlin is very caring person because he takes Arthur and raises him to get away from King Uther’s battles. One reason that I think that

In the excerpts from Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, King Arthur is a complex character with both good and poor traits. Arthur maintains his symbolic representation of good throughout the tale, but Malory crafts Arthur’s character in such a way that his weaknesses, or bad traits, shed a rather mortal light upon his character. These weaknesses, combined with the greatness of Arthur, are eventually what gives way to the downfall of Arthur. His bad traits reflect much of what we see in ourselves

The character of Arthur while maintaining some consistencies through his progression during the Middle English period also acquires quite different characteristics and develops significantly. The King Arthur that exists in the mind of the contemporary public is a loose combination of components from contradictory stories, ranging from Layaman’s Brut to a drastically evolved incarnation of Arthur in T.H. White’s rendition of the Arthur tale. However, in the relatively short time span between the creation

Modern scholarship suggests that the unknown poet who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight likely had the patronage of King Richard II (Dinshaw 222). In the latter years of his reign, Richard placed great value on arts and culture at court, with particular emphasis on literature. It is likely that those writers who found favor at his court would have endeavored to please and perhaps flatter the king through their work. If, as Carolyn Dinshaw suggests, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was first

King Arthur’s magically story has been told and re-told for generations. The details of the story will change over time, but the underlying themes and messages will not. Messages like the knight’s code and chivalry can be found in all verse of the King Arthur story. Loyalty to the cause is one of the best attributes of a knight. No matter the case the knight will stay true to himself and the king. They will gladly risk their lives for their king. This is perhaps why the story of King Arthur has had

“The Sword in the Stone” by T. H. White is a fanciful tale of wizardry and chivalry that regales the tale of a young King Arthur, who is referred to as Wart. In his youth, Wart is reared by a noble named Sir Ector. As a nobleman, Sir Ector wants to give the greatest education possible for his sons Wart and Kay, so he holds a search for a tutor worthy of teaching his sons. Wart discovers the abode of a magician named Merlyn by happenstance in the woods, and Sir Ector agrees that Merlyn is a suitable

Greatest Scenes A Critical Analysis of Excalibur Excalibur is a very interesting story with many great scenes. In Excalibur, three of the best scenes are, when Arthur draws the sword from the rock, when the knights of the round table accuse the Queen of having an affair with Lancelot, and when Arthur fights his son, Mordred. The first scene that interested me is when Arthur draws the sword from the rock. This one was fascinating to me because many other of the strongest Knights tried and could

Robert Lubar’s essay “Narrating the Nation: Picasso and the Myth of El Greco” discusses the aftermath of the bloody Spanish-American war resulting in “El Desastre del ’98” in Spain which rocked the national psyche into a period of cultural dissonance. Following the Disaster, the nation quickly found itself in an agitated period of conflicting ideas and divisive discourses, specifically between Madrid and Catalonia. Essentially, class divisions, regional differences, and this lack of national identity

When someone thinks of a medieval romance, that person will more than likely think of these common characteristics: knights, quests, a lady, magic, romance, Christianity, and of course King Arthur. There is actually much more to these stories than just “A knight goes on a quest. He meets a lady. And they all live happily ever after.” A reader needs to know what features to look out for in order to know for sure what kind of story he is reading. A Handbook to Literature by William Harmon and C. Hugh