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Arthur Archetypal Hero
In The Sword in the stone, the legend by Sir Thomas Malory, Arthur is a archetypal hero by pulling the magical sword out of the stone and giving the sword to his friend. When Arthur went back looking for sir Kay sword that had been missing after being just knighted and going to the tournament, Arthur stumbles upon a sword which is in a rock and he “strodes up to the sword and without troubling to read the inscription, Arthur tugged the sword free from the stone to give to Sir Kay.(Malory 646)”Knowing Arthur pulling the sword out of the stone Sir Kay is astonished and recognizes the sword that which is in the stone from Merlin, Sir Kay also asks Arthur if the sword was guarded which he said no and Arthur is the new king. Sir Kay wants to see
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