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Witch World Study Guide

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by Andre Norton
About 10 pages (3,045 words)
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Simon is part of the action hero tradition that goes back to medieval romances. Like an Arthurian knight, he follows a quest, vanquishes evil, and emerges victoriously. In fact, there is an early reference in the novel to his Cornish/Arthurian blood which explains his affinity for magic, and he enters the world through an Arthurian gate. Like Lancelot, Gawain and Parsifal, he rights wrongs, is.....

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Witch World from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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