Mr. Perfect~

Arthur is the perfect character. And by perfect, I mean he has no real flaws. He's too perfect, if you ask me. He literally becomes King because everybody likes him (p.64). This begs the question, then, why do we continue to read stories based around King Arthur if his character appears to lack depth? What about his story is so interesting, that humans continue to rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite it some more? I, of course, don't know the answer to this, but I do have a few thoughts.

First and foremost, the stories tends to follow the hero's journey, which we discussed in a previous class. For whatever reason, human society loves the rewatch, time and time again, stories that follow this specific formula. Perhaps it brings us some element of comfort--we know what is going to happen, to a point of course, and that is comforting to us.

Second, perhaps it's because Arthur is the "ideal" character. I personally don't think he is, because I don't think a character can be ideal if they have no flaws, but my opinion is not the only one out there. Maybe people use him as a source of inspiration. Inspiration for what, I'm not entirely sure, but I guarantee there are people out there who look at him as an idol of sorts.