Once and Future King Allusions
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The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
The Once and Future King is divided into four books. Each book deals with a distinctive period of King Arthur’s life and important lessons for readers. Engage students with premade activities and lessons from Storyboard That!
Literary Allusion: Definition and Examples
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Allusions, while important to helping readers understand themes and characters on a deeper level, can sometimes be hard for students to grasp. Engage and challenge students with activities from Storyboard That!
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Storyboard Text
- THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
- ALLUSION
- HOW IT ENHANCES MEANING
- Arthur has finally realized that Might should only be used for Right; his brother Kay reasons that Right could mean forcibly imposing a better way of life upon people. Merlyn becomes furious, and says, There was just such a man when I was young - an Austrian who invented a new way of life and convinced himself that he was the chap to make it work. He tried to impose his reformation by the sword, and plunged the civilized world into misery and chaos. Merlyn is referring to Hitler.
- Merlyn juxtaposes the idea of Hitler forcibly imposing ideas on others with another reformer, Jesus, who made his ideas available and let people decide whether to accept them or reject them. This quiets Kay down, and Merlyn points out Arthur's current conflict with King Lot is because he wants to impose his ideas upon him, which is not the true meaning of Might only for Right. If Arthur is going to be a new kind of King, he needs to stop acting like the old ones.
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