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I think Agravaine’s name doesn’t start with a G because T. H. White wanted to foreshadow that Agravaine would do something against his brothers in the future.
Kay and Arthur grew up with a brotherly relationship despite Arthur being adopted. Even though these two had a brotherly relationship, they didn’t always get along with each other. As all brothers do, Kay and Arthur had minor discrepancies. For example, when Merlyn favored Arthur more, Kay’s jealousy overcame him and the two broke out into a fight. Luckily the fight didn’t end in any lethal injuries. Even though these two brothers quarrel sometimes they continued to stick up for one another throughout the story. The Orkney brothers (Agravaine, Gawaine, Gaheris,and Gareth) also had a brotherly relationship. In comparison with Kay and Arthur, the Orkney brothers had their own disagreements. The Orkney brothers had a very evil mother named Morgause. The brothers would do anything she said. Morgues ordered her sons to capture a unicorn and bring it back to her. The four brothers agreed on this and decided to capture the unicorn. When they captured the unicorn Morgause wanted them to kill it. Even though the brothers wanted their mother’s approval they did not want to harm the unicorn. Agravaine, thinking he was the leader in the group, decided to take matters into his own hands and kill the unicorn without his brother’s consent. He did this because he thought it would be pleasing to his mother. This shows that each set of brothers had agreements and disagreements. The biggest contrast between each set of brothers was their upbringing. While Kay and Arthur had a loving father, the Orkney brothers were raised by an evil witch. T.H. White rotated between England and Orkney in book 1 and 2 because he wanted to show the parallels between each set of brothers. The two kingdoms are united when Arthur and Morgause commit incest. Do you think it was fair that Merlyn favored Arthur more? Do you think T. H. White used foreshadowing when he started Agravaine’s name with a different letter to show he was going to betray his brothers?
