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    is parallel to King Arthur and the Round Table written by Roger Lancelyn Green. Harry Potter is about Harry going through crazy adventures. During these adventures‚ he learns a lot of skills and he goes through lots of challenges. In King Arthur‚ Merlin puts a sword in a rock and the first person to get it out of the rock would be the King. So everyone tries to pull it out. These books are very alike because they share the same idea. The main characters in the book King Arthur and the Round

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    the case in Idylls of the King‚ written by Lord Alfred Tennyson. The protagonist‚ Arthur‚ is portrayed as a Christ figure in three ways: as a king who desires law and order‚ as a king with questioned paternity‚ and as a king who was betrayed. Throughout Arthur’s life‚ he exemplified characteristics that are very similar to Christ‚ one of these being the desire for law and order. Arthur established order by defeating the barbarians in the country. Through this act‚ Arthur "… drew in the petty princedoms

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    King Arthur Facts 1. King Arthurs nickname as a child was “Wart” which was derived from ’Art’‚ short for ’Arthur’. 2. Arthur never called himself a king. 3. Arthur loved his dog. 4. There is still a great debate as to whether Arthur existed or is just a myth. 5. Some of the descendants of Arthur have put together a plausible family tree. 6. The round table is an important element of the King Arthur legend. 7. Since Arthur didn’t consider himself a king or supreme being‚ he did not want to

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    King Arthur Throughout time people have faced challenges with their love lives. Some must choose between what is right and what some may want. In the legends of King Arthur‚ many decisions must be made that may affect the future of Camelot‚ Arthur’s kingdom. Many versions of Arthur’s story can be ream or viewed on film. One specific movie called‚ “The First Knight‚” is a portrayal of the famous love triangle between King Arthur‚ his wife Lady Guinevere and the mysterious Sir Lancelot. Similarities

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    Ben Carson Is King Arthur King Arthur was the king of the kingdom Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur was a good person who did good things. King Arthur was a very good leader. Ben Carson was also a good person In 2001‚ CNN and Time magazine named Ben Carson as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. In that same year‚ the Library of Congress selected him as one of 89 "Living Legends." In 2006‚ he received the Spingarn Medal‚ the highest honor

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    King Arthur’s Round Table has the shape of a circle‚ an archetypal symbol of endlessness and unity‚ but that unity is destroyed through the actions of the knights who used to protect those ideas. In Thomas Malory’s The Death of King Arthur‚ retold by Peter Ackroyd‚ a decline in Lancelot du Lake’s honor and integrity leads to a loss of respect from those he loves‚ suggesting that contrasting loyalties cannot coexist without causing a rift in society. Lancelot‚ known as a loyal servant of his king

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    Throughout the three versions of King Arthur‚ Tennyson‚ Malory‚ and Boorman‚ Arthur’s story being told varies from detail to detail. Pieces of the story that are different in each version include Arthur’s dream and the treaty‚ the battle description‚ the fight between Arthur and Mordred‚ and the throwing of the sword‚ and the barge scene. Details and visualization plays an important role in telling a story and passing on a message to the reader or viewer. The three versions of the Arthurian Legend

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    Arthurian Legend In the film‚ King Arthur‚ there are many similarities and differences when being compared to the novel. My main focus is on the many differences that change the relevance of the story. Arthur’s father is a Roman general from the Imperial Roman army and his mother is a Celtic woman. In the historical notes of the legend‚ Arthur’s father is Uther Pendragon‚ a famous Romano-British commander and one of Britain’s earlier kings‚ and his mother is Igraine‚ a beautiful young woman who

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    Fiction Corine International Award” in 2002. It follows a story of a boy named Santiago who is following his personal legend. The Alchemist has many archetypal themes and symbols including wise old men‚ women‚ and the nature around him. Throughout this novel‚ Coelho uses archetypal men. The men he uses are the Alchemist‚ his father‚ and the King of Salem. Wise old men symbolize the ‘savior’‚ ‘redeemer’‚ and the ‘guru’. The first of the three wise men that Santiago encounters is his father.

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    Mythology P1 Archetypal Characters As humans we make mistakes‚ but the real power is learning from our mistakes. Often we can learn from others mistakes that way we don’t have to feel the pain ourselves to understand why we shouldn’t do something or be a certain way. Also we can learn from history and past mistakes that lead them into bad times and disputes. From literature we learn morals and lessons through the characters position. “We live with our archetypes‚ but can we live in them?”

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