King Arthur Ethical Issues

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The film introduces ethical and moral issues. They are brought into the plot of the story to help King Arthur live up to his shining name. The legend of King Arthur already has a picture in all of our heads as a strong, noble, young man. Therefore, in this story of Arthur there had to be events that allowed us to connect with what we already knew about King Arthur. The first issue is when Arthur and his knights arrive at the village to rescue the family for their mission. When he arrived, he found some troublesome acts that had been happening to the people of the village. He found a dungeon full of pagans that had been tortured, and a guy hanging by his hands that had been whipped and was left there to die. As the audience of this film we find

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