Essay Archive - The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone is a book about an adopted child named Wart. He
is of royal blood and does not know this. One day when Wart is in the
forest, he finds a magician named Merlin. Merlin comes home with Wart and
agrees with Sir Ector, Wart's guardian, to become Wart's tutor. Merlin
goes about educating Wart by transforming him into different animals.
Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each
being a part of how he should rule as king.
The first transformation plunges Wart and Merlin into the castle's
moat as....
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