Arthur couldn't believe the things Morgana could guilt him into doing. Attending a nerd convention as a full-fledged participant really pushed the bounds of what a brother should be expected to do for his sister. Sure, Mordred had had a tragic accident with a butter knife—which may have pleased Arthur to no end—but couldn't she have gone alone? It was just a LEGO con, not a formal wedding where a plus one was a must. What if someone recognised him? He’d never live it down.
Set up was on Thursday, and Morgana had conscripted Arthur to lug her models into the Exhibition Hall. Most were packed into boxes, but a few were too delicate and were transported on shallow trays. Arthur was carrying the turreted roof of her fantasy castle masterpiece
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I'm really sorry about that.” At least Merlin had the decency to look ashamed. His cheeks blushed, and it accentuated the sharp angles of his cheeks and the intense blue of his eyes. He retracted his hand and ran it nervously through his dark hair, leaving it more askew than it already had been. Now that Arthur was paying attention, he had to admit that Merlin was actually fairly decent-looking—for a nerd.
“I'm Arthur,” he said. “Now if you'll excuse me, I need to clean up this mess. Why the hell this wasn't glued together is beyond me.”
Merlin gasped. “What kind of A-fole are you?”
Arthur frowned, trying to make sense of that sentence. “Did you just call me an A-hole?”
Merlin smiled, and it was dazzling. Arthur maybe wouldn't mind insults if they were always accompanied by such brilliant expressions.
“Oh, are you one of those people that says ‘awful’? I never liked that pronunciation, because then you get sentences like, ‘I'm an awful mocker,’ and I'm rather proud of my skills, thank you very much.”
“You're proud that you can mock people?” From what he knew of Nerdboy, it wouldn't be that surprising, though he wouldn't expect him to admit to it. Certainly not to Arthur, who was strong enough to snap Merlin in
The Arthurian cycle shows a sporadic awareness of the impossibility of mere humans fulfilling all the ideals that Arthur and his court represent. The story of Lancelot and Guenevere, Merlin's imprisonment by Nimu‘, and numerous other instances testify to the recognition of this tension between the real and the unrealistic.
Hawthorne explains this further, “It was a ghastly look with which he regarded them; but there was something at once tender and strangely triumphant in it” (229). At first Arthur is shocked that he could get the words out, but since he did, he felt relieved and soon felt happiness as he finally let go of his sin. In this quote, Hawthorne shows how Arthur’s body language reflected his emotions, this explains how the character has faced many trials in the last moments of his life and can finally escape his sin a proud, holy man. Though Arthur is portrayed as such a holy being, he also has darkness in his life. Hawthorne describes some of his darkness, “He trod in the shadowy by-paths and thus kept himself simple and childlike” (62).
presence: "[Arthur] gave out many gifts: / to counts and barons, / ………. / to all but one who
Le’ Morte d’ Arthur is a medieval romaunce by Sir Thomas Malory about King Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table, violence plays a very crucial part in the story. Many different kinds of violence occur in this set of stories, some of which are very ordered and fine, like jousting, and also disordered violence like war. The worst type of violence though is when people use violence to get vengeance, which is a major theme, because many of these knights are mad at others. While many of the knights in the book are concerned with getting revenge, these actions and the search for vengeance are often futile and almost always end badly.
The first of act of real betrayal is seen towards the beginning of the novel committed by Sir Accalon of Gaul and Morgan Le Fey. King Arthur under the impression that he and Accalon were friends, had no idea that Accalon was planning on killing him. But the even worse was the fact his sister spearheaded the whole thing. At this point Arthur is being betrayed by his Knight and his sister. Morgan was the one who seduced Accalon into the idea of becoming the strongest knight and giving him this false confidence. His false perception of strength came from the fact that Morgan gave him sword of Excalibur. Arthur finds out and says, “But I fele by thy wordis that thou haste agreed to the deth of my persone: and therefore thou art a traytoure – but I wyte the lesse, for my sistir Morgan le Fay by hir false crauftis made the to agré to hir fals lustis. (Malory 90) In theses lines Arthur is forgiving
The wretch snickered. "I am a monstrous version of Elizabeth, her child, brought forth by her own hand. She has forsaken me, cast me aside and thus made me miserable! Therefore I have vowed to destroy everything she loves, even sweet and mild Victor, just as she destroyed all happiness for me. Rrrrr!"
Jungkook looked up from under his lashes, looking quite innocent for a little devil. “You’re not going to do it?” A sly grin slipped onto his face. “Is it because you’re a chicken?”
Abrams, M. H. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1993.
"You like it, eh?" Her father bestowed on her his secret smile. In truth it was more of a smirk. Right lip raised slightly to expose an endearing dimple beneath his moustache, his cupid's bow lips pursed so it looked like he was pouting. "I forget you are fierce, like she was."
Arthur’s Birth After Arthur’s father, King Uther, had avenged his brother’s, Aurelius Ambrosius’, assassination, he had a victory party in London. Gorlois, the Duke of Cornwall, joined the celebration and brought his wife Igraine, whom Uther instantly fell in love with. Uther, in lust, threatened to wage war against Gorlois for his wife. Gorlois returned to Cornwall to raise defense, leaving his wife in the castle Tintagel, for the defense was strong.
J’ola didn’t have time for that damn droid’s incompetence today. She’d left her crew aboard the ship after treating them to too much festivities the night before. Corso had never been one to hold his liquor all that gracefully, and his advances had been . . . . J’ola cringed. Despite her impatience with the kid, she hoped he didn’t remember half the things he’d said to her. Or that she’d laughed.
“No!” Millan shouted, heart pounding frantically. He thought hard for a second, and came up with a plan. “What are you talking about? I don’t see anything,” he said, appealing to Hester’s practical side. She liked things to make sense, to fit tight in a puzzle. “You know when you came over earlier, and ate some of that jam? Well, see, I hadn’t used it yet, and sitting in that dusty cellar so long, it must have gone bad, and is making you hallucinate. Those things you’re holding? Those are just some old figurines that dear old Laura gave to me.” He coaxed, wheedled and coerced her into setting them gently down, and then he began pushing her toward the
It was funny really. In fact, it was so hilarious that Alfred couldn’t help but let out an airy laugh. Back then, Arthur would chase him around with a heavy leather book if he dared skip out on a card game with him. Really, he hit him with damn book for any reason whatsoever. He unconsciously rubbed the back of his head. He swore he could still feel a bump there. Damn,
The stories and legends surrounding the character of King Arthur are among the best known of all stories about kings and knights. The stories and legends surrounding the character of King Arthur are among the best known of all stories about kings and knights. He is the greatest of British literary heroes, although little is known about the real person. Folklore and literature provide examples of a recurrent myth about a leader or hero who has not really died, but is asleep somewhere or in some estate of suspended life who will return to save his people (Geocities 3). There is little real historical information left about him other than, texts, chronicles, verses, myths, and fragments of epic poems, inscriptions, symbols and graven images.
“I would’ve been proud of you if you had straight A’s!” she answered back with a shout.