Sunday, April 12, 2020
Confusion With The Sword
So I am going am address the confusion with the whole situation with Sir Bedivere and the sword. Now the knights and knights Arthur caught themselves in an absolute predicament with Arthur being wounded and everyone else submitting, but himself. Even after Arthur question his actions of disobedience and such it still leaves a question unanswered. Now I have read some comments about this and they all seem to make sense and the one that stick out the most is the representation on the sword. It is a one of a kind, powerful, well known weapon that is used and when someone who is not used to that is able to wield that. You have to think whaat kind of confidence or power this might have given him. I think one of the reasons he didn't throw it down is because of how he felt. Sir Bedivere probably thought for that time he was invincible and able to take anything and anyone on that challenged him while in posession of Excalibur. I relate this to how I would kinda feel if I had the opportunity to hold a real lightsaber. I don't know if I would ever let it go or what I would do with it.
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Interesting conclusion. Excalibur truly is a power on its own. But because it could only be wielded by a "chosen one," would its power still work for someone who is not Arthur? Maybe Bedivere thinks he can have the same power, but doesn't realize it wouldn't work for him the same way because he's not "chosen."
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Esther says. I wonder if Bedivere would really be able to use Excalibur to its full potential.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Esther's comment that makes me second guess what I have been saying about Bedivere and wanting to keep the sword and not throw it in the water. However if Bedivere can not use the sword to it's full power like Arthur can then I agree there is no point in Bedivere keeping it
ReplyDeleteI didn't think about the sword itself that much, and you make a really good point. Someone finally gets a chance to hold a legendary weapon that has immense magical power? Heck no you wouldn't want to let that go! However, I thought that one of the reasons why Bedivere wouldn't throw Excalibur was to ensure that the sword didn't fall into the wrong hands later on. Maybe I'm wrong?
ReplyDelete...ooh, now I really wanna hold a light saber!
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I agree. I think that even though it's easy to hate on Sir B for not following Arthur's order to chuck the thing in the lake, I have to admit that I would be similarly tempted.