The theme of king arther: the sword in the stone ?

Question

homework plzz help its very hard and boreing

Answer 1

when the man with innocence of heart and courage to do right with out thinking of it, shall rule over the world and be loved for the kindness and ability to uphold all justice against all wrong doings

Answer 2

Arther, he was just an ordinary peasant, and with the help of Merlin helped teach him things and when he pulled the sword from the stone ( Excalibur) he became king, because the writings on the tablet said that "who now pullith out this sword form this anvil will be the rightful king of all  England" and so Arther because King of all England and had his knights of the round tablet and the guidanceof the wizard Merlin, plus the power of Excalibur

Answer 3

"when the country is in deep trouble . one man, one king, will use the Sword of Justice and rid the country of all the injustice and evil in the land. that's it. the king isn't real. the sword isn't real. hope this helps.

Answer 4

The sword is not simply a sword but a totem of power. Think of a person kneeling before a king and receiving a blessing and a tap on each shoulder to signify knighthood. The symbol of knighthood rests within both the king and the sword.

The sword trapped in the stone meant that the power to rule the land well was trapped, locked away, unable to be used. Because people wanted to pull the sword to gain power, and not to use the sword to rule wisely, the sword/power could not be released. Merlin's knowledge and wisdom in teaching Arthur what he needed to know in order to become a good, strong and wise king did not give Arthur the power to release the sword but helped Arthur realize the power within himself. Arthur was able to pull the sword from the stone when he was mature and able enough to accept the responsibility of power that the sword represented.

Think of it in a more modern aspect: a barrel filled with hundreds of empty pieces of paper and on one of those pieces of paper has the word 'President' written on it. If we transplant Barack Obama in the Arthur role, then Merlin becomes his campaign adviser, giving him enough education and experience to know which piece of paper he should reach for. Barack still has to be the one to pull that piece of paper out of the barrel, but its the adviser's job to help him realize that he can be the one to do it, that the piece of paper is there waiting for the person who will accept the responsibility of picking it.

It is not the boy who pulls the sword, but the stone (and thus the land it represents) who gives up the sword to the one it deems worthy.

Answer 5

my personal take: self-fulfilling prophecy, he was told he would lead, so he led...