ers blatantly display their desires and the cause of them. In the Once and Future King, the verbal, emotional, and physical lessons taught by the teachers of Mordred, Lancelot, and Arthur lead to their ultimate desire of achieving greatness.

King Arthur develops a life-long dream of completing the task all leaders have failed to finish: putting a permanent end to all wars, through stories, wise-words, and transformations provided by Merlin. Since the beginning of Arthur’s career as the king of England, Merlin uses stories to teach Arthur the terrible consequences of war. These stories changes the war-loving Arthur into a war-hating Arthur. After winning his very first battle as a king, Arthur says to Merlin, “I must say it is nice to be a king. It was a splendid battle….Of course it was splendid. Look at the way Lot of Orkney ran, after I had begun to use Excalibur” (White 217). But when Arthur is faced with a war right after Merlin tells him a story about the the kings in the past treating wars as a form of entertainment, “(war) did not seem to him to be sporting…he had begun to set a value on heads, shoulders and arms-their owner’s value, even if the owner was a serf” (White 294). At first, Arthur thinks of wars!

‘might for right’ idea, God’s directions, and Uncle Dap’s training techniques lead to Lancelot’s desire of being the best knight in the world. When Arthur tells Lancelot about the Round Table and ‘might for right’, Lancelot becomes fixed on the idea. “He wanted to be the best knight in the world, so that Arthur would love him in return” (White 319). Lancelot is already in love with Arthur when Arthur talks to him about the Round Table. Therefore, to impress Arthur, he perfects himself to become the best knight in the world ever since then. The author emphasizes on the huge impact of Arthur’s words on Lancelot’s wish many times throughout the book. During the quest for the Holy Grail, God’s requirements for achieving holiness makes Lancelot wishes to be the greatest knight even stronger. “It was not enough, in the Quest for the grail, to be continent and to refrain from killing people. All boasting and pride of the world had to be left behind, for God did not like such deeds in his Quest. I had to renounce all earthly glory. And I did renounce it, and was absolved” (White 462). When he understands that he has to give up everything that appeals to humans to be the best knight, he actually chooses to do so. Even though he does so, he does not receive his invincibility back but he does not even mind that he is not invincible after giving up so much. Lancelot may have given up on the dream if he does not have Uncle Dap, who teaches him everything he knows about being a great knight. Besides teaching Lancelot all aspects of jousting, Uncle Dap is the key person who stops Lancelot from giving up his dream because of his love for Guene

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