Merlin Prophesize About Guine Analysis

3. The advantages of showing proof in kingship by pulling a sword from and object may be that it is an impossible task and others can see the miraculous triumph and it can help with others giving their trust in knowing that that person is righteous and true. Significance of being able to pull a sword from an object is that they are powerful and righteous.
5. I think that the reason why the authors did not give Merlin perfect predictions is because in life we all have choices and nothing is ever written in stone. Also to know everything that is going to happen to you in life takes a certain aspect out of the experience of life. Maybe the reason he didn’t tell Arthur about his sister is because he didn’t know or because Arthur is supposed to be the most noble and honorable among all men and maybe it was a test. Arthur’s plan fails to kill Mordred because as the fates would have it, the ship wrecks and the child survives. Maybe this is due to the common theme that everyone has a destiny and fate to fulfil. Merlin’s flaws I think can effective in making people look at him in a negative light. It could make some people think that he may have an alternative motive by Arthur being king.
8. Merlin prophesizes about Guinevere because he wants to warn him of the heartache she is going to bring upon him.
I think that by ending in the story in a mysterious death adds to the story because it leaves the readers with almost an opened interpretation to their imagination as to what could have happened. Is he really dead or did he go to Avalon, heal, and return to his people in secrecy? I think it would be cool to think that he was healed and returned to his people in secrecy. The Lady of the Lake was magical. Plus, she said that she would give Excalibur to Arthur in return for a favor/gift at her time of choosing. Nowhere in this version of the story did she call upon him to return the favor. Maybe she healed him and sent him on a quest for herself or kept him for