Essay On Kay And Wart Learning Chivalry

August 21, 2015

OFK Study Guide Ch 1-9

1. Sir Ector insists on Kay and Wart learning chivalry and academics. Chivalry includes courtship, archery, hunting, etiquette, fencing, and horsemanship. Their academic classes include math, Latin, astrology, and philosophy. These studies are important for making an understanding and wise king.

2. Kay is Sir Ector’s “proper” son, and Wart is his adopted son. Kay often uses this to make Wart feel inferior and to get what he wants. He was also the leader, albeit an angry and egotistical one. Although they share a bond like true brothers, Wart is usually overlooked. Kay is the one who will inherit the estate and all the responsibilities that come with it, so he, not Wart, gets all the education needed.

3. Wealthy people in the medieval times would have governesses and private tutors for their children, like Sir Ector does for Wart and Kay, and would take classes, like Wart and Kay do, that nobles at

The gore-crow’s action really frightened Kay because he thought that the crow was a witch. Wart, on the other hand, was furious because he was mesmerized with the arrow’s perfect movement and the crow interrupted it. It seems as though Kay and Wart have switched personalities because it is now apparent that Wart is the leader and Kay has just developed common sense; Wart wants to go after the bird, whereas Kay wants to go home.

9. At the tilting and the joust that Merlyn set up, King Pellinore and Sir Grummore were acting childish and not at all like the noblemen they were supposed to be. This shows why Merlyn believes that mature, educated gentlemen should not participate in such sports. He says rude comments during the tilting and joust, showing how much he disapproves of sports.

10. Balan says that Wart would make a regular king one day, which foreshadows Wart’s future as King Arthur. He showed courage through his ordeal with Cully, which would help him face other challenges in the future as a king with confidence and