Once And Future King Character Analysis

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In T.H. White's Once and Future King, fate plays a very important role in Arthur's life when he meets Merlyn and Merlyn becomes his mentor. When they first met, Arthur was confused as to why Merlyn was going all the way home with him until Merlyn said, "Why not? How else can I be your tutor?" (37) Arthur realizes he had been on a quest to find his tutor. This quote is important to the theme because it was Arthur's first quest on his journey towards king. This reason this quote is so important is because Merlyn is preparing Arthur to become a great leader. After all of Arthur's training with Merlyn, Merlyn tells Arthur that he might not know it yet but he will be, "Hic jacet Arthutus Rex quandum Rexque futurus... The Once and Future King." (287) This quote foreshadows that Arthur, will in fact, become the great leader. If it were not for training with Merlyn, he would not be the great leader he developed into throughout the book. …show more content…

Arthur has a lot of confidence in his choice of Sir Lancelot and even states that, "He is going to be the best knight I have ever had." (331) This foreshadows that Lancelot will become one of Arthur's greatest knights. This quote is important because Arthur showing so much courage in Lancelot later led to many other issues later on in the book. Arthur and Lancelot developed a very good relationship throughout the course of the book, He was my first friend and I love him." (541) This quote is extremely important because it shows that, no matter, what Lancelot will almost always out Arthur first and Arthur will almost always put Lancelot first. This leads to great things throughout the book because it shows that Lancelot and Arthur have lots of faith in each other and trust each other. Fate played a very crucial part in the later parts of Arthur's life because it allowed Arthur and Lancelot to meet and create a good

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