Real King Arthur In The Once and Future King, Portayal of the Middle Ages is thought to be made of magnificent castles, beautiful clothing, great kings and queens everything and everyone perfect. ... Kings during the time of The Once and Future King were mostly insane, or cruel, or just should never have been remembered. ... In The Once and Future King there is a great part that goes on the knights of the Round Table. ... All in all The Once and Future King is basically out of nothing, although the authors did a very nice job of creating a fairy tale out of a horrendous time. ... As The Once a...

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The Once and Future King is an Arthurian novel written by T.H. ... In the magical epic of wizardly and war, King Arthur learns many valuable aspects of becoming a great king from Merlyn and animals. ... The story explains that each person's fate is one drop in the ocean of life, but the vision lives on that Arthur is - the once and future king. ... King Arthur uses those aspects to further learn the true meaning of ruling. ... As bad and horrible as it may sound, King Arthur unfortunately died without actually achieving it. ...

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The book The Once and Future King, by T.H. ... He, more then any other character, shapes Arthur to become a great king. ... The wizard Merlyn in the book, The Once and Future King has had a profound effect on other authors, as well as individuals reading the novel, and the individuals in the novel themselves. ... As his teacher, he guides Arthur through the beginning of his life as king of Camelot. ... He influences him to become a better king, and make more informed, smart decisions. ...

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In Book One of "The Once and Future King," by T.H. ... When the king of England dies there is no heir left to the throne and a quest is set out to find one man who can pull a sword out of a stone, whoever does so is said to be the next king. ... The second book "The Queen of Air and Darkness" we find King Author – Wart – fighting to save his power against his biggest enemy King Lot. While the war continues Lot's sons are in a battle of their own competing for the affection of their mother Morgause, who is also King Author's half-sister which he does...

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Unlike past kings, Arthur didn't have any training in being a king, but with the help of Merlin, King Arthur was able to create a vision of the perfect kingdom. King Arthur set three goals for his kingdom. ... When Arthur became king, Merlin is by his side to advise him. ... This was a foolish idea because it is impossible to make everybody happy at once. The main reason all of Arthur's idea's ultimately failed was that King Arthur always temporized, so he wasn't prepared for the future....

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The Comparison Between King Arthur and Darth Vader King Arthur and Darth Vader's childhood backgrounds are similar in many ways. ... Merlin's only payment for granting the request was that he would receive Arthur once he was born. ... Anakin and his mother lived as slaves but once the Jedi Knights realized that Anakin was a gifted boy they made a deal with his owner to release Anakin from slavery. ... It enables him to see seconds into the future, which allows him to have fast reflexes. ... King Arthur was announced the youngest king in his era after pulling the sword from the...

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White truly created a timeless masterpiece in The Once and Future King. ... Merlyn once again fires back, saying to Arthur, "Unless you can make the world way better than it does at present, King, your reign will be an endless series of petty battles" (241). ... He decides that once he regains the control of his kingdom, he is going to put an end to the murder, thievery and acts of dominance that the mightier display over the weaker. ... From this point on, Arthur is no longer the young, unproven king. ... He will not exploit the peasants in war as his father once did, and he will no...

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Robert Plant once sang, "Upon us all a little rain must fall," which is very true for Stephen King. ... The second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. ... Ruth King's parents had succumbed to old age and were needed taken care of. ... Stephen King. ... He released a second chapter in late August 2000, and also plans to continue such exclusively online ventures in the future. ...

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History is made up of significant events that shape our future, and leaders who influence our destiny. ... (King p. 8) Martin Luther King concludes by pointing out the importance of expanding on the current campaign, what his hopes are for the future, why he wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail, why the campaign was the right thing to do, why America was a better place in January of 1964 than it was in January of 1963, and why America can't wait any longer to be wholly free. ... The Civil Rights movement was brought once again to National attention with the Mar...

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History is made up of significant events that shape our future, and leaders who influence our destiny. ... (King p. 8) Martin Luther King concludes by pointing out the importance of expanding on the current campaign, what his hopes are for the future, why he wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail, why the campaign was the right thing to do, why America was a better place in January of 1964 than it was in January of 1963, and why America can't wait any longer to be wholly free. ... The Civil Rights movement was brought once again to National attention with the Mar...

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It is evident that King Henry V, in Shakespeare's King Henry V, becomes a great leader who inspires his troops and brings them to a victory which seemed next to impossible. How did King Henry V become such a great leader? ... This type of power is influential and can prompt others, which is evident when Henry proclaims his "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...... He also goes into battle alongside his "brothers", proving to us readers he is not just a king, but a compassionate and proactive king. ... Not only does this set a precedent for future situation...

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Even though Arthur was forewarned of his future misfortune, his death, as the ending result, proves that one cannot control his own destiny. ... King Arthur thought that he was changing the future and that he had the power of his destiny in his own hands by listening to his dreams. ... Fate, disguised as an adder (a poisonous snake), altered the destiny of King Arthur once more. ... Fate takes over once again, leaving Arthur with only two wounded knights and Sir Mordred standing amongst all of the dead that he and his men had killed. ... No matter what was done to try and alter the futur...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Why We Can't Wait History is made up of significant events that shape our future, and leaders who influence our destiny. ... (King p. 8) Martin Luther King concludes by pointing out the importance of expanding on the current campaign, what his hopes are for the future, why he wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail, why the campaign was the right thing to do, why America was a better place in January of 1964 than it was in January of 1963, and why America can't wait any longer to be wholly free. ... The Civil Rights movement was broug...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Martin Luther King. ... Their first child was Christine King, followed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and ending with Alfred Daniel Williams King III. ... Little did he know that his little church would be the future meeting place of rallies against segregation. ... Even though these hurtful things happened to him, he never once gave up and backed down. ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. ... King once said, "He felt the transcendent God his father had told him about "a power to make a way out of no way- and "God was no longer a metaphysical category- to him. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... What made King look backwards? ... If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos"(Autobiography 132)....

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"I have a dream- are the famous words stated by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28th, 1963 in civil rights movement speech (King). ... As a result of Martin Luther King Jr.'... For once, the African American people who were treated so unfairly were able to see a light at the end of a long tunnel in which the whites regarded them as the lesser, weaker race. ... Being aware of the facts that King was an average minister growing up, they could parallel their own future success with his. ... King influenced all people. ...

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Taking elements from The Odyssey and The Once and Future King, this pattern can be spotted. ... Odysseus from The Odyssey and King Arthur from The Once and Future King are the best character examples to use for the readers to identify and understand the repetitive appearance of the Hero's Journey archetype in literature. ... Identical to every other journey of a hero, in any piece of literature, King Arthur from The Once and Future King also gains aid and advice from different guides throughout the novel. ... King Arthur, similarly, is taken through a series of tests, continuing to disp...

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The movement that King led swept all that away. ... From this time forward, there was no turning back for King. ... Levison would become King's closest white friend and "money man-. ... King's network began to fall into place. ... Still, King felt he needed to do even more to get his message out to more people. ...

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Fidel Castro once said, "The Revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploitees." ... Fighting against the British monarchy, the American colonists desired independence and formed their own country, mapping out America's future for generations to come. The colonists were ruled by England's reigning monarch, King George III. ... The Parliament grew very angry with King James I because they were used to sharing the power with the monarchs. Everything was fine until the king came along and took all of the power for himself. ...

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It was only once James was informed of this threat to his personal safety that he became interested in the issue of witchcraft. ... (Fraser, pg. 57-59) Already immensely awed by the witches' abilities, the king now discovered that Francis Bothwell was reputed to have ordered the demise of the king by witchcraft. ... "His book became the textbook for future witch-hunters."" ... The girl later revealed her innocence before the King and he let her go. ... "It is as if man's integrity, once having begun to split up, tends to divide further and further like the process of organic growth ...

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The audience is further introduced to Hal once Poins and Falstaff leave the room. He allows the audience to see what is going on in his head with the events of the past and future. ... I'll so offend, to make offense a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will. (2.2, lines 208-217) In this monologue, Hal gives the audience a taste of what is to come once he becomes King. ... I also think that Hal goes through this period because he knows that once his father dies he will become king and will no longer be able to do these things. ... Right now, I may not be as focused on the futur...

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Contrast between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King both show psychological and physical actions. ... Gawain demonstrates honesty when Gawain and the king make a three-day agreement. ... The excerpt from The Once and Future King has many psychological factors. ... The main difference in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Once and Future King is that both stories show different factors and elements of action. ... However, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight revealed more physical elements...

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One extreme yet similar example of this is King Arthur and Luke Skywalker. ... "Merlin became chief advisor, and often assisted the king by his magical arts." ... A weapon that was once possessed by their fathers. ... Skywalker also acquires a family weapon that was once his father's. ... This journey has been around for many years and will continue to be used in the future. ...

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The opening two acts of William Shakespeare's play, King Lear, contain numerous displays of true duty as well as false duty. ... The attainment of power by Goneril and Regan makes them forget about all of the gifts and treasures bestowed on them by Lear and they feel as if he has no future use to them now. ... Once he accomplished that feat he wrote a slanderous and horribly bad letter pretending to be from Edgar. ... Kent is truly a friend to the king and he only wishes to perform his duties to the best of his ability. Due to the fact that he is utterly compelled to serve the King, Kent ...

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The Way of Napoleon, or King Louis? ... They also used it to end to tithe once and for all. ... They had that very a short amount of time, but once Napoleon came along and literally crowned himself emperor, it was over. ... This did not occur but, they did come up with a set of goals that showed what they would like to see happen in the future. ... Exactly like King Louis. ...

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