The story of King Arthur is one of the most well know legends of all time. Scholars, teachers, and children all know the story of Arthur and his sword in the stone. Not many people know the actual story of Arthur. He is seen in many different ways. He is seen as either a warrior or a wart, depending on where a person is getting the information from. Who King Arthur was, his importance, and his exaggeration throughout time can be seen in both history and literature. Who was King Arthur? Many scholars
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The sun set and darkness enveloped the field. King Arthur and the knights always made a big show of igniting the Gathering Day bonfire with a hail of blazing arrows shot right into the towering wood pile. This was Percival and Gwaine’s one official duty for the night, and then they could relax again. The festival attendees were escorted to the far side of the field on the off chance one of the knights missed his mark, but Percival had never seen that happen. And besides, they had all been practicing
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The Fire-Breathing Dragon Sir Lancelot wasn’t a very good knight. He was a huge laughingstock throughout the whole kingdom. He knew that the only way he would ever get respect was if he were to defeat a dragon, even though he had never fought one before. When it was announced that a princess was locked in a tower guarded by a fire breathing dragon, Sir Timid eagerly volunteered. After a long journey Sir Lancelot finally arrived at the tower. There was no dragon in sight, but there was a handsome
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The 400 years between when “The Misfortunes of Arthur” was written, and the movie Excalibur was directed; the character Mordred of the Arthurian Legends went through many different unique re-tellings. These re-telling were a result of business and a unique selling points that each writer or director used in order for their work to be a success. The selling points that the writer or director chooses are affected by their audience, in which the they try to bring something new and entice the people
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This is when the hero is praised in both the mythological and the old worlds. Gawain becomes the master of two worlds when he is praised by the King and also the green knight for passing the majority of the trials that he faced on his journey. The sin that Gawain held strongly was looked at as a common doing and therefore was not held against him by the individuals in both of the worlds. He therefore
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Have you ever heard of the mythical city, Camelot? If that doesn’t ring a bell, then have you ever heard of King Arthur, Lancelot, or perhaps Guinevere? The Arthurian legend has been a popular history topic for years, amidst the fact that Camelot might not have existed at all. Really, the legend is just so captivating with it’s tales of knights, affairs, quests, and kingship, that we just choose to believe such a staggering story. While the Camelot spoke about during the Renaissance might not have
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In the story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs’s Court by Mark Twain, we are shown that slavery and equality were not things that existed in the times that time traveling Hank Morgan visits. Hank is a Yankee born in Connecticut who finds himself in the Court of King Arthur in the year 528, time traveling to many years before his time after being hit in the head. Hank Morgan is an ingenious, resourceful man, filled with realism and common sense, believing in complete democracy, contrasting to the
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Once upon a time in a far far away place there was a young knight who wanted fame, glory and honor. So he set out on a quest, but before he could set out he had to go to the castle and ask his king if he could go on a the quest and thus the story begins. The knight's name was Sir Mcbride and he was the most courageous in the land. He grew up in the castle keep and was and was born a knight’s son. He excelled at tracking, horseback riding, and swordsmanship. He loved the outdoors and liked to go
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women were known as courtly love and frequently resulted in the relationships being sexual. Love was enough to allow knights and women to illustrate their appreciation despite their martial position. In this poem, Queen Guinevere was used as a test to King Arthur’s knight, Gawain. She used all of her seductive measures to try and entice Gawain into seeking out his manly needs. I believe that the author put the ultimate power into Gawain’s hands. He is set on honoring the queen and her needs, but will
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Your Father As I was riding horseback chasing the young King Arthur because his training had began. Every time I got within roping distance I would give a big swing of my stick and ropes would fly out to grab Arthur. I know this training doesn’t seem ethical but its how all good kings should be trained. I know that Arthur will be the next king because I have the power to look far into the future and Arthur will be the greatest of all the kings to ever live. I was beginning to come up on Arthur’s
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