The Once and Future King

In both First Knight and Excalibur the movies, they both display King Arthur as a magnificent man, who is courageous, witty, and does what is right, but both movies very from the beginning to the end. The opening scenes of the movies are dramatically different. In the movie the First night, King Arthur is an older gentleman who does not appear in the movie until Lady Guinevere of Leones comes to meet him. Before she meets him in the well know city of Camelot, she has villagers come to her after…

Making of a Knight Middle English texts such as Sir Gawain the Green Knight and Canterbury Tales: Knights Tale and Wife of Bath contain main characters upholding the position of medieval knights. These knights garner the chivalric ideals of a knight that adhere to a particular code. Using this code of conduct followed by chivalry, I will explain throughout this paper how and why the main characters of these texts follow these chivalric traits in the characters which encompass the traits that…

A week before Kay was to be knighted, Wart was working in the kitchen thinking about his certain future. A sad expression formed on his face, for he loved Kay, but it was because of Kay that he would never be happy. Sir Ector came in with intentions of cheering his son up.” You take a glass of this canary, and see if old Merlyn can’t start cheerin’…

brings to light is that of human imperfection. In a tale famous for heroics and adventure, Malory uses ironic characters to expose the underlying fault of being human. King Arthur, ruler of England and commander of the Knights of the Round Table is not usually associated with imperfection, but as Janet Bobr explains, “In literature, King Arthur's character is unique and ever changing, taking on a different face in every work”(1). In Malory’s text, Arthur exemplifies everything a chivalrous man…

the game. To be able to play Mordred the player needs to play as a generic good, blend in, and sneak onto as many missions as possible. The most efficient way of doing this is by gaining the trust of Merlin and using him as a close ally in the game. Once the player has discovered they are Mordred, the planning must begin right away. The best strategy is as follows: discover Merlin, gain his trust, and then fail as many missions as possible. Since all other evil players are already known to…

Malory manages to unite the Welsh and French versions of Arthur, presenting him as a real king that battled the Roman Empire while also enhancing the story with lengthy sequences of romance. Malory's style is eclectic and at times unfinished, as might be expected from an author who composed much of his work while in prison and under the possible…

in his time to write Arthur becomes King. Sir Malory was born in Warwickshire, England, sometime around 1405. As a young man, Malory was a fairly wealthy landowner. He became a knight in 1442 and served in Parliament in 1445. He became involved in crime and allied himself politically with people and groups who opposed the royal government. He spent several years in prison for his crimes and political alle-giances while in prison Malory wrote Arthur becomes King. THESIS STATEMENT? Knights are…

the first born son of King Uther. Merlin advised that Arthur should be raised in a secret place and that no one should know . After Arthur's father died there was a conflict of who should be the next King.Merlin the great magician put a spell on the Sward and only Arthur can pull it. Merlin wrote on the sword in gold he said "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is the right wise born king of all England .On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and…

Arthur was fuming. Gaius had been as evasive as ever and made excuses to be elsewhere. Answering his king 's questions certainly wasn 't his priority. If Arthur had been his father, he might have threatened Gaius with the dungeons or at the very least, given him a severe reprimand. If they had been in Camelot, he would have forced the issue. Muttering curses, Arthur made a promise to himself to get answers when they did return to Camelot. For the time being, however, they were still in an…

relax. Wasn't he just here a few days earlier with King Arthur? For that matter, Queen Guinevere was visiting Nemeth. Though why they kept giving him disparaging looks, he couldn't quite understand. Alright, so it was nearly the middle of the night and they had probably been standing guard already for the last day. He didn't proclaim any urgency to meet with Camelot's Queen, nor did he demand an audience with King Rodor to convey a message from King Arthur. Since Morgana's attack, they were…