Book Report: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Howard Pyle's book King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is told from the point of view of a third-person, all-knowing author who is looking back upon the days of old, when knights were bold. The book is set in England during the Middle Ages. The author describes King Arthur as the most honorable, gentle knight who ever lived in the world. Guinevere was Arthur's beautiful but occasionally stormy-tempered queen. Merlin was the greatest of all of Arthur's companions, courageous, wise and gallant but betrayed by the evil actions of the enchantress Morgana le Fay and Vivien, the woman he loved. The book begins with tale of how Arthur came to power in Camelot. It tells how he became a king, then a great king, and how he came to we his beloved Queen Guinevere. Arthur was born the son of Uther Pendragon. Merlin prophesized that Uther's son would come to rule over all of England. But for fear of endangering the boy, Arthur was not raised as a royal person. Instead, the young Arthur was forced to serve the arrogant and haughty Sir Kay. But one day, during a tournament, Sir Kay broke his sword. Kay sent Arthur to find him another sword. Arthur pulled the sword Excalibur from a stone, to help Sir Kay. Then Arthur learned t
Even after Arthur's marriage life does not become easier for the king. Queen Morgana sends a woman to lead Arthur's trusted advisor Merlin astray. This woman, Vivien, succeeds in persuading Merlin to teach her his magical arts, after which Vivien treacherously turns those arts against him. The knights seek to protect damsels in distress and to prove themselves worthy of glory in places like the Forest of Adventure. Guinevere causes trouble when she is lost during a May Day outing, and the knights must look for the queen. The, later the queen and the rough spoken but loyal Sir Gawaine quarrel. Gawaine goes out in search of adventure and is helped by a mysterious hag. This incident finally teaches Gawaine to respect the will of women. The knight is forced to wed the old woman so he does not go back on his promise. However, he is delighted to discover that the old woman is actually a beautiful woman under a spell. Gawaine agrees to allow the woman to be beautiful or ugly, whenever she desires. This new willingness to bow to the will of a woman completely releases the lady from her enchantment-by being given her free will as a woman by her husband, she can be beautiful either during the day or the night, depending on what she pleases! The story ends with a resolution of the disharmony that has occurred in the court. Arthur remains king, and Morgana's plots to ensnare Sir Pellias and Gawaine have been foiled, although not her plot to trap Merlin. The difficulties between the queen and Gawaine have been healed. Now Gawaine has both proven himself as a knight and is
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Approximate Word count = 1066
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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