In The Once and Future King, the portrayal of the Middle Ages is conceived as that of magnificent castles, beautiful clothing, great kings and queens- everything and everyone perfect. No proof of the dirty, unjust, horrible circumstances that all people lived by- even the nobility- existed throughout the entire novel. The people and places in The Once and Future King are so backward that the story could be described as a fairy tale. Camelot, for …
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…job of creating a fairy tale out of a horrendous time. Most people like to pretend that the early Middle ages were great, but facing reality, you just can not believe it. Too much dirt, too much violence, all fighting, no love and beauty. The time period can sprout love and beauty, given the right amount of spice, though. As The Once and Future King did. Bibliography The Once and Future King, T.H. White