Knights Hospitaller

In The Sword in the Stone, the first book of the larger tetralogy The Once and a Future King, two young boys named Kay and Wart are learning to become successful leaders. During their journey on becoming prosperous, they encounter certain obstacles that teach them of several situations and the consequences that occur. As their mutual goal is to become strong leaders, the purpose of these quests is to test the boys’ reactions and see if they will make the correct or wrong decision in solving them…

Between the both sides Merlin was the one who adheres to Campbells vision of the magical guide to in the heroic journey. Merlin sent the King Arthur on heroic journeys throughout the story. Merlin did things for the king so it can teach him life lessons and become a better person. In the story Morte d’ Arthur, Merlin also makes the king the chosen one by giving him the strength and the only one with the strength to pull the sword out. Merlin is the wizard that makes stuff happen for much of the…

The story begins in Camelot, a great kingdom where the king has been prophesied to die and leave his infant son without protection from enemies. After the king hears this he sends the child to be raised by a nobleman and his wife in secret. Years later, after the king has died the kingdom is left without a known heir to the throne. So the court wizard, Merlin, decides to make an enchantment on an anvil and sword so that only the true king could pull the sword out, in order to open it to the…

In Marie De France’s “Lanval”, It is interesting how, in spite of a woman’s common status as a tool toward greatness or moral poverty, the fairy queen is still technically a positive character because she raised Lanval to greatness, even though her interference in Lanval’s life appears to consume his personality and identity. In the beginning, Lanval does have some semblance of personality, indicated with the lines “For his valor, for his generosity, / his beauty and bravery” (21-22) which…

Essay Is Launcelot really that loyal to King Arthur? In the book King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Launcelot is King Arthur’s best hand man. But Launcelot has a crush on the King Arthur’s own wife, Guinevere, and even knows his own impurity of having said crush. Launcelot even goes insane when tricked into sleeping with a maiden who was only disguised as Guinevere. Launcelot is a loyal knight of King Arthur, carrying about his every command, but Launcelot might not be as loyal…

Throughout T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King, the main character and adopted son of high society, the Wart, is given many lessons to prepare him to one day inherit the throne. Knowing his future and destiny, the Wart's tutor, Merlyn, transforms the Wart into several animals and demonstrates to him the dangers and responsibilities of being a king. The Wart is taught that as a king, he is responsible for his people and must respect them. The Wart, now known as Arthur, eventually removes…

King Arthur Heroic Archetype The story of King Arthur is best understood by looking at it through the archetypical lense. King Arthur must pass the multiple heroic stages to prove and attain the status of hero. The first couple of stages he must go through is pulling the sword from the stone, a feat only accomplishable by those chosen to be king and he must emerge as a true king from a mere child. He will conquer many lands throughout Europe and defeat evil to return his people to a state of…

The Grail was said to be at the Last Supper and at the Crucifixion to received blood from Christ’s side, it was the main quest for King Arthur and his knights. It was said to be guarded by a custodian called the Fisher King, who has suffered through wounds that cannot be healed. On the eve of the Pentecost, a beautiful lady arrived at Lancelot, asking him to go into the woods and Lancelot agreed. When he…

the most loyal and true knights. Arthur was an iconic figure to all Englishmen who wished to be king. His story was one that would be revised for centuries and used as a basis for every fairy tale created afterward, mimicking the king of legend and all the supernatural happenings. Many movies were inspired by this story, and therefor keep Arthur alive in our culture today while we evolve farther away from elder traditions. Arthur is a…

In Malcolm Gladwell’s non-fictional book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants he carefully utilizes anecdotes, studies, charts, and research to analyze, “...What happens when ordinary people confront giants” (Gladwell 5). He takes the original Biblical story of David and Goliath and breaks down each side to certain advantages and disadvantages. Anyone who knows this story may make the mistake of assuming that this story's about the weak beating the powerful. The…