King Arthur: A Legendary Journey to Excalibur

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The legend of Mature Arthur starts out when he becomes king of England. After becoming king he marries the most beautiful women in England, Queen Guinevere. When he marries her, her dad gives Arthur a round table that is said to sit one hundred people. As king his number one advisor and friend is Merlin. The two of them are on a trip, and stop at the castle of a lord where they meet a woman who falls in love with King Arthur. Arthur says he will not stay with her, and she orders one of her knights go and kill him. One of the does, but realizes who it is and does not kill him. During the fight King Arthur breaks his sword, and Merlin takes him the the Lady of the Lake. There he is given his magical sword Excalibur. When he gets back he finds …show more content…

It tells the whole Arthurian Legend including people beside King Arthur that were not directly related to the main story of King Arthur. This source meanly focuses on the storyline, and does not give real descriptive details. It does this since its audience is more mature, and is reading it for the storyline not what King Arthur was wearing. The book shows the nice side of King Arthur and once again the importance of Merlin in the role of the legend. It also shows the use of magic throughout the legend, and would not have happened without it. The book like the others is real vague on the time that the story took place …show more content…

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Penguin. 1953. Print This retelling of the Arthurian Legend is was designed for a younger audience. It is therefore not as heavily focused on the violent nature of the legend. It instead makes it more of a fairytale. It depicts Arthur as a king a kid would think of, not the one he truly was. The book does not focus on the time frame of the story and only shows the kid friendly part of the legend leaving out some of the important details that make the legend what it is like the battles and scandals. To downplay the violence the author makes it appear the knights do not know who they are fighting and make it seem intense for the younger audience. The legend is made simpler for the reader so it can be easily followed, but by doing so they again leave out some important events.
“So Arthur left his horse with Merlin and walked down to the magic lake… he suddenly saw an arm with a beautiful sword in its hand… The Lady of the Lake made it for you. She lives in her home in the water of the lake.’ … The sword was inside a scabbard. It was a very beautiful thing. ‘That is a magic scabbard,’ said Merlin. ‘No man can kill a person with that scabbard. Have it with you always” (Green

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