The Once and Future King

Shanaz Shakur Ms. Churchill English Honors 2, Period 0 21 September 2016 Essential Motifs in The Once and Future King Other than for the purpose of storytelling and entertainment, people read books to learn life lessons and understand morals and values. People read stories and take into account what the characters learn, and apply those lessons to their own lives. In The Once and Future King, T. H. White teaches us three major themes; that while the justice system gives people a chance of being proven innocent, it is not always fair, that one can not always trust their family, and ultimately, no matter how hard one tries to prevent the future, they cannot alter what destiny has already decided for them. For each of these three themes, there…

Arthur: Fact or Fiction? King Arthur lived around the time of approximately 400 A.D., a time in which stories were blurred and details changed. Like many other books centered around the Arthurian Legend, The Once and Future King, by T.H. White, contains many inaccurate details. These inaccuracies are due to the story’s long history and constant retellings. The true story is still there, but it has been covered by a couple hundred years worth of exaggeration. This has turned the history into the…

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…

What is your first thought when you think of King Arthur? Is it the shining knights valiantly fighting evil doers, is it Merlin casting magic spells, or is it the tragic love story of Guinevere and Lancelot? Several people over the years have taken on the challenge of re-imagining the Arthurian legends, shaping them for their own purposes, adding new interpretations to the old stories. One such retelling of the legends is the novel The Once and Future King written by the author T. H. White, a…

Throughout the novel The Once and Future King, author T.H. White takes the readers into the world of King Arthur and his legendary story. Spanning from when King Arthur was nothing more than a boy called by the name of Wart, up until his final battle, White brings us into the a world of chivalry, magic, and adventure. During the course of the novel, White maintains the ability to introduce major, and minor, themes and lessons that are routed within a thrilling plot filled with animal…

Many words in the English dictionary seem to have more than one meaning to it. It can be an average word, but if taken into a specific context can change its meaning entirely. In the stories “Le Morte d’ Arthur” and “Once and future king”, the authors show two different variations of the character of Merlin/Merlyn. The most believable version being that of Merlin in “Le Morte d’ Arthur”, providing the audience with more realistic situations & conflicts. Merlin’s character introduction was more…

Wallace 1 Julia Wallace Professor Ann-Marie Boylan English 3B 25 November 2014 The Once and Future King Project: Part I Book I - The Sword in the Stone: Merlyn Throughout Book I, I am Wart’s tutor. I am magician who lives backward in time, therefore I already know what is going to happen. As Wart’s tutor, I turn him into several different animals: a fish, a merlin, a ant, a owl, a goose, and a badger. I turn him into these specific animals to teach him lessons. When I turn Wart into a fish, I…

In the Arthurian Legend, the loyalty and honor of knights and people alike is very important and symbolized a high level of trust. However, just like loyalty has a high impact on everything, the impact of betrayal is even greater. The betrayal of Guinevere, Lancelot, and Mordred, are the most important parts in the Arthurian Legend because not only do they affect each other, but lead to the death of King Arthur. The very first person that lead the pack of people who not only betrayed Arthur,…

Thesis: In The Once and Future King, TH White demonstrates the unacceptable relationship between might and right by drawing on traditional Arthurian legends and his own life experience. On May eight, 1945, the world was changed forever. This date marked the end of World War Two, a defining period for the world. The war was fought mainly in Europe and Japan by the axis powers and the Allied nations. The axis powers were comprised of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan along with…

Compare and contrast Don't you wish you wish you where strong enough to to pull a sword out of a stone! In the story, “ The Sword in the Stone,” Arthur had the courage and strength to remove the sword from the stone, even though people were telling him that he would not be able to do it. This story took place in the medieval time. Courage is of the main characteristics that Arthur shared in both of the the video and the story, “Arthur Becomes King” and “The Sword in the Stone”. The Sword in…