Write in short the character sketch of the protagonist of the lesson."the sword in the stone
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Wart
Wart is the young protagonist of the story and eventually comes to be known as King Arthur. He is thriving under the tutelage of the Wizard Merlin. He can be a little bit naive because his own strong belief in what is right blinds him to the fact that not everyone around him has such altruistic motives. He is slightly timid and would never assume the role of King without encouragement. He is also modest and teachable as a child and remains this way even as an adult monarch.
Wart has many adventures that usually stem from his becoming rather bored and is transformed into many other creatures to experience and learn lessons that Merlin needs to teach him. Although he is not the star of the show in battle - that kudos falls to his foster brother - he has a steady temperament that makes him a natural monarch and a leader his subjects will be able to respect without fearing him.
Merlin
Merlin is the Wizard charged with Wart's education. He has already lived in the future and so always knows what will happen. Merlin is extremely powerful but uses this power to do good. His influence on Wart is strong and firm yet kindly and benevolent. His guidance instilled in Wart a respect for others and a determination to bring more civility to the nation. Merlin's influence is visible in Wart as he assumes the role of King Arthur. Merlin knows what he wants Wart to learn and experience and for that reason will turn him into other creatures so that he is able to see things from alternate perspectives that he can then use in his own life.
Kay
Kay is Wart's foster brother and is not nearly as nice of a young man. He is peevish, spoilt and manipulative and attempts to take credit for pulling the sword out of the stone, but fortunately this pretense is discovered and the country is saved from a Kay-led monarchy. Although his heart is basically good his character is nasty and filled with jealousy. At first we quite like him because he is a good sport about sharing the glory on his adventure with Robin Hood. He is also skilled with a bow and arrow and saves the group from the fearsome Griffin with one shot. Gradually, though, he becomes insufferable and the petulant and temperamental side of his personality overshadows his better traits.
Uther Pendragon
Uther Pendragon is Wart's father and is the King of England as Wart grows up. Much of Arthurian legend occurs in Cornwall, at the south western tip of England, and the name "Pendragon" is an ancient Cornish one ("by Pol, Tre and Pen ye shall know the Cornish men" as the saying goes.) after his death there is no line of heredity or succession but the monarch role is won by trial which his son wins.
Sir Ector
Sir Ector is Wart's foster father and Kay's biological father. He is a rather jovial, caricature-like figure, filled with buffoonish laughter and pomposity, but this persona also tends to mask his abilities as a knight which are impressive and noted amongst his peers.
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In medieval England, Sir Ector raises two young boys—his son, Kay, and an adopted orphan named Art, who has come to be known as the Wart. The boys are taught chivalry and mathematics, and although Kay makes mistakes in his lessons, he is rarely disciplined, since he will one day inherit his father’s lands and title. Drinking port one day, Sir Ector and his friend Sir Grummore Grummursum decide that they should go on a quest to find a new tutor for the boys, since their previous tutor has gone insane. It is July, however, and Sir Ector is busy supervising his tenants while they put the year’s hay out to dry. One day after working in the fields, Kay and the Wart go hawking. They take the hawk Cully from the Mews—the room where the hawks are kept—and head into the fields. Even though the Wart is better at handling Cully, Kay insists on carrying the hawk, and he releases him prematurely in the hopes that the hawk will catch a nearby rabbit. Cully, who is in a temperamental mood, flies into a nearby tree instead and perches there, glaring evilly at the two boys.