The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon

By nature, every single person ever created was born with different views and ideas. There may be groups of people that agree on certain subjects and ideas, but not everyone is the same. From what someone automatically thinks of when they see a painting to how they interpret a work of poetry. The words, thoughts, and images that come to one's mind differ from the many other people in the world. ☆In the painting, Circe Pouring Poison Into a Vase and Awaiting the Arrival of Ulysses, Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones uses bright colors with conflicting actions, while in the poem “Circe’s Power”, Louise Glück uses the same scenes to show that people have different views and beliefs on situations which together represent the same theme that people are all different in the way that they view the world based on their different experiences in life. The poem “Circe’s Power” by Louise Glück uses Circe and her beliefs to reveal that not everyone views things the same way and people have different perceptions of right and wrong. Circe begins to show how she perceives the world differently when she says, “I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs; I make them look like pigs”. One could look at this quote from many different angles believing her to be an evil person who goes around turning men into animals. Circe, however, believes that the men are metaphorically already pigs and that she just makes them appear that way. Circe also states, “I'm sick of your world that lets the…

wasn’t dead but was just resting? Well, in Roger Lancelyn Green’s King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur is alive and merely resting. There are several key pieces of evidence to support this theory. First of all, no one ever saw him dead. Second, Arthur said he would come back when Britain needed him. And third, there is a secret cavern where he rests and where a little shepherd boy once found him. It is hard to prove there has been a death if there is no body. No one…

This novel takes place during the Dark Ages in Britain at a time when King Arthur won a decisive battle that gained peace for Britain for many years. The article Mists of Avalon does a good job explaining that half of this story takes place in a castle setting--beginning in Caerleon, and for the last half, Camelot. This more urban setting is used to represent the contemporary society that is ever changing, along with the characters within it. The confusion of fate and destiny, a major theme…