Summary:
Decribes how Arthur's early transformations influenced his role as King of England in The Once and Future King by T.H. White. Considers why Merlyn put Arthur through so many transformations and what valuable lesson Arthur learned from each experience and how it contributed to his later decisions as King.
Throughout King Arthur's childhood, Merlyn put him through a series of transformations, which shaped him in his later life as a ruler. As a fish he learned about the dangers of having absolute power. When transformed into a goose, he learns about working together rather than competing with each other. As a badger, he learns that using physical force to dominate is wrong. These three transformations influenced Arthur's role and ideas as King.
Arthur's first transformation was when Merlyn turned him into a fish to learn about how one powerful leader ruling by force can be dangerous. In the moat, the ruler was the pike. By consulting with the pike he found out that the pike ruled by power and fear. He then realized that power should be distributed to the people, and not to an individual......
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