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There are more female character with more content than male characters is because bronte is a female herself. Writing about female characters is what she knows best. All the female characters Jane grew up with are all foil characters who highlight hidden attributes that we readers may not be able to see first off.
@loganoviatt I think janes childhood is like the beginning of a roller coaster, her childhood story is what builds up her character as an adult, so that way you’ll understand why she is the way she is as an adult; due to the way she grew up.
@kl1214 I believe that if Jane did not meet Helen Burns, Jane would be in a very dark place. If it was not for Helen, Janes outcome would probably change in the end.
@amelia152016 I agree haha
This quote from Goshawk is a great example of Arthur’s life. Arthur was a great man who had great morals. If he hadn’t become king, all that he had learned from Merlyn would be of no use. In other words, Arthur’s beliefs to better England would have done no one any good if he couldn’t make the rules. But because he became king, he used his max potential and made England a great place to live. Do you think that if Gawaine made it out alive that he would be promoted to a higher social rank for his loyalty and act of valor?
@taylornicholas13 I do think that Arthur’s decisions would have been very different if not for Merlyn’s guidance in Arthur’s early life.
Every teenager goes through something like what we see with Sir Lancelot. We all go on our little “journey” to discover who we really are; especially though highschool. Lancelot was known to be one on the best knights in the would. He was great; but he also was known as “the holy boy” as a youngster. We see him take wrong turns in the book, including being with Elaine; but we also see Lancelot pause and reevaluate his life and repent from his mistakes. In the end, Lancelot makes the right decision, the only one that really counts.. He chose God. What is one mistake you think Lancelot probably wished he could take back?
@taylornicholas13 I think the reason why Guenevere, Arthur, and Elaine were able to see past Lancelots ugliness because they didn’t care that he was ugly. They all saw nothing but lancelot’s good heart, and that’s all that matters.
@amelia152016 I also think that Lancelot did the right thing to leave Elaine; she was just holding him back from what he was after.
T.H. White uses a good amount of humor throughout the book to help balance the mood. The Once and Future King contains a lot of dark, depressing moments which replicates what life was actually like in the Dark Ages. Because that period of time was so blue White makes the reader laugh to balance out the sad. An example of this is in book one, chapter 7, when Sir Grummore and King Pellinore are in a joust, they end up running themselves into trees. When they wake up, they become friend and forget about not liking each other. And yes, humor has always been apart of classic literature, if you don’t understand the humor now, people might have understood it then. Do you think the humor in the book wholesome/pure humor?
@alexharakas I think that the humor was there and if I thought it was funny then the humors’ expiration date hasn’t come yet.
@angelicacastenada @dchin I agree with what Angelica said, book 1 was more light hearted for sure.
Kay and Arthur, the sons of Sir Ector, and the Orkney brothers ( Agravaine, Gawaine, Gaheris, and Gareth) dislplay brotherly love in two different forms. Kay and Arthur are two well raised boys who feed off of each other’s good vibes. They cope with one another the way brothers should. Kay is the biological son of Sir Ector; while Arthur was adopted. On the other hand, the Orkney brothers also love each other, but have their own minor differences as well. Their mother is the the one thing that unites the four brothers together. An example of this is when the Orkney brothers capture a unicorn. All the brothers but Agravaine intended to bring the unicorn to their mother as a gift. On the other hand, Agravaine makes a hasty decision on his own and stabs the helpless unicorn over and over again until death. This shows that the brothers may love another, but aren’t perfect either. T.H. White went back and forth between England and Orkney to show the reader the differences between the two sets of brothers. In the end of the book, the two kingdoms come together through Arthur and queen Morgause who had a baby together. At this time, they did not know that they were actually half-siblings. Their baby was then named Mordred. Do you think that Arthur was might have been unhappy that no one told him he and Morgause were half-siblings? Should there have been some sort of punishment for Arthur and Morgause’s intercourse from opposite kingdoms?
@taylornicholas13 I think that Arthur and his cousins all seeked attention from their father/mother because they all wanted to feel honored. In this time honoring your family was everything. This will affect their lives in the future in the way that they will continue to seek a sense of honor and appreciation.
@hallegj I think maybe Merlyn tutored Kay the whole time knowing that Arthur would be king because he probably didn’t know how to tell Kay that Arthur would take his place. In my opinion, I feel that Kay being a knight and Arthur as King would work rather well. It may be difficult at first for Kay; but he and his brother were raised right. I see Kay and Arthur’s brotherly love for each other is too strong to be broken.
