People like to win. It goes back to the beginning of time when barbarians use to fight animals for food. Although this was for survival the soul purpose of doing this was to win. It is human nature to want to be the hero, the victor, the champion, the conqueror, the one who gets or the publicity and lives happily ever after. The legendary King Arthur was exactly this. He was and still is perceived as strong, brave, and heroic, something everyone dreams about. So could it be possible that the reason behind why the legend of Arthur has been around for so long is because what everyone ideally wants is to be like a modern day Arthur? Well sure in the end Arthur's reign ends and Camelot falls; however for the most part up until the decline of Camelot wasn't Arthur's life pretty perfect? If Camelot never fell then where would all of the action and the drama fall into place? The legend of King A
rthur has everything that a good story should have; everything that people want to hear and to tell about.
because it has a moral and it reminds people that everything comes at a price, and again what would be the fun without a little drama?
What were the purposes for changing the story? Of course there is always those few exceptions where the change wasn't intentional like forgetting to put a small detail in, but then there are always those few that change the story to fit their purpose. Disney for example, The Story the Sword in the Stone was no where as near violent as the movie Excalibur. So basically the movie that Disney made has many of the children who have watched that movie a false impression of King Arthur. Also, when people tell stories sometimes they tend to "juice it up" a bit to make it more interesting. Just think what the real story might be like. Maybe it wouldn't have been as interesting, so also the adapta
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