Challenges In King Arthur's 'From Morte D' Arthur

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A character who was showing real human emotions and challenges was King Arthur in "From Morte D'Arthur".King Arthur has been thru a lot including denial, mistakes, and regrets. Even though everyone makes mistakes Arthur has to be very careful, not only will he suffer for them but the whole kingdom will. In the story, Arthur had sex with another woman who was in fact his sister. For that mistake cost his a new son called Mordred.Which later on made things difficult for him.Arthur had a hard time wanting to deal with his emotions of the affair between Gwenyvere and Launcelot. He chooses to be in denial and not want to believe it's true. Finally, when Arthur comes to the conclusion that this was, in fact, happening he did not want to let them

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