In Thomas Malory’s, Le Morte d’Arthur, King Arthur has to confront many difficult challenges through his rise to leadership and eventually up to his demise. Arthur and his innocence is demonstrated throughout his birth and his royal abilities are progressed as a young child who has no clue of his bright future. He pulls the Excalibur for his brother who was in need, not knowing of the power the sword possessed. Arthur possesses values essential for the time period and is seen as someone who was born to be the King of England. The value of loyalty is one that was critical during the time period and was necessary to be a knight or someone with power. In the novel, the knight’s loyalty was part of their code and was one of the values that
