The Passing of Arthur and Excalibur

A detailed Summary of The Passing of Arthur and Excalibur


John Boorman adapted the "Passing of Arthur" in the movie

"Excalibur." Movies are not the only adaptations of Tennyson's

poem but there are several art and music adaptations. Examples

of these adaptations include music by Loreena McKennit and

paintings by John William Waterhouse, Howard Pyle and Arthur

Rackham. In Bela Balazs's Art Form and Material Balazs states

that a good adaptation is a reinterpretation of the original.

Boorman uses nature and color to recreate the atmosphere of the

original text. These techniques enhance the richness of the

movie, provide a more in depth view of Arthur's life and make the

Tennyson's descriptive writing allows the reader to form

detailed pictures. The atmosphere Tennyson creates focuses a lot

on the beauty of nature. During the scene when Bedivere throws

Excalibur in the lake he describes the area with "zigzag paths,

and juts of pointed rock, the shining levels of the lake...the

winter moon, long cloud and frost." He produces an atmosphere of

Tennyson concentrates on the image of the winter moon while

Bedivere tries to get rid of the Excalibur. This picture makes

the reader think that the setting is a win


deep red sunset. Arthur lays injured waiting to be reborn and

death. Winter is the season when living things die. The moon

the context of the original text. Therefore, he created a great

Lumet recommends to "find places that are closest to what you

blood, passion and aggression represent the battle he just fought

they are mainly visual. Therefore, what the director puts in a



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