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Introduction
A captivating story of sorrow and triumph. This would have to be a review of the story of King Arthur if it was written in 2011. Most of us have grown up hearing of the young king of Great Britain during medieval times, but how much we actually know about him might surprise a lot of people. For those few people who have never heard of King Arthur, the story goes that he was the son of King Uther Pendragon. Now, Uther didn’t want Arthur to grow up as a prince and have terribly high expectations. So when Arthur was young, he sent him to live with the king’s number one wizard, Merlin. Later in life Arthur would find out he was the son of a king but not in the way you would expect. = The Story = After many years of living with the wizard, Arthur took on a job helping a knight whenever he’d go off to tournaments. While Arthur was in this position, there was one huge story going around Britain. The late Uther Pendragon was not well and to find a new king of Britain he devised a plan to set a sword in stone and who ever removed it from that stone would become king. To be sure his son would win, he had Merlin cast a spell to where Arthur was the only person who could remove it from the stone. People from all over Britain swarmed to where the sword and stone were placed. Yet none of them could pull it from the solid rock. This went on for months till Arthur came to town with the knight he worked for. On the opening day of the local tournament the knight had left his sword in the inn where he was staying so he sent Arthur to fetch it. However Arthur didn’t feel he had enough time to go all the way back, so he stopped when he saw the shining hilt of the sword and as easily as ever he walked up and pulled it from the stone = Characters = When most people hear of wizards they think of spells and magic but that’s only true in stories and legends. In truth, wizards were scientists. They were extremely advanced for there time but they were also very highly thought of and respected. Now, as you would expect, Arthur was a true man but not everything about him in the story was the same. After thousands of years, historians still don’t know much about him. He is believed to have really been a king, but maybe not one of such advanced feats. One of his most famous feats, the Knights of the Round Table, is thought to be real but was not around in the time of King Arthur. The Knights of the Round Table, in the story, was a group one hundred knights, led by Arthur, who did everything from saving lives to making Britain a thriving power. What Arthur didn’t know is that his own knights would be what caused The Knights of the Round Table to fall apart. Later his #1 knight, Lancelot, would cause the fall of the Arthurian era.



How could one knight cause something as powerful as the KRT to fall? Love, but not just to anyone, to King Arthur’s wife. It says that for some reason, the king’s wife, Guinevere, developed a relationship with Lancelot and whenever Arthur found out it destroyed him. In reality though Guinevere and Lancelot never existed outside of the story, but for Arthurian fans it is what brought down the kings palace, Camelot.



=**The Place**= It’s not sure of where Camelot was actually located making it difficult to know if it was actually real. One thing about it is for sure though and that’s that if it was real it definitely wouldn’t have been named Camelot in that period. The reason of this is that Camelot was made up in the twelfth-century to replace the original name which had long been lost. So, eventhough this city lives in people imaginations, it may never be known if it was home to Arthur. Not much is known about Arthur or how true his story really is. It may never be known but the legend of him is something we all can relate to. This story speaks to everyone in a different way and translates into peoples lives. How does Arthur transcribe to you?

Works Cited “The Knights of the Round Table.” __Patrick Taylor__. 2004 “The Real Camelot.” __Graham Phillips__. “Guinevere~ other characters in Arthurian legend/ King Arthurian & the Knights of the Round Table” __Guinevere__. 1995 “Knights of the Round Table.” __Round Table__. 1999 “King Arthur.” __World Book__. 2005

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