ENGB31 Lecture : Lecture #6.docx
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Midterm: compare two arthurian characters, adventures or themes; one must be medieval: sir gawain or malory. Merlin always has the answer; arthur may be the king but he is very dependent on merlin and his powers. It seems as though merlin manipulates situations; its not that merlin is on the out skirts doing magic, he actually intervenes and uses his magic and manipulates situations; this raises the suspicions. Merlin manipulates arthur and tells him only what he needs to know. He is essentially a guide and a counselor to arthur. Merlin tends to put arthur in his place which shows how arthur isn"t really as powerful as he thinks. Even though the characters seem to have specific fates they are also all interchangeable in terms of their stories. Essentially it doesn"t matter who carries out the action, the end must be the same. Ultimately it"s the intervention of nyneve that solves the problem for arthur.
