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The king and Hank arrive at a hut, the family members living there are all infected with smallpox. Hank tells the king to leave but he refuses and helps the family. They later get to a village where they saw a mob going around killing people; while they are living with Marco and his wife they learn how the freemen live. Later though the people in the village discover that they are not farmers and begin to chase them. Hank and the king are saved by Lord Grip who takes them to London. There they encounter a woman who was charged with stealing cloth for her baby, and is then hung. Then they are put into slavery where they later try to escape but fail leading into their execution.
 * Synopsis **


 * Archetypes **

The magic weapon in this section is the telegraph because Hank and King Arthur are going to be hanged and have no chance of being saved until Hank sends a message to Clarence to send help. Clarence sends knights on bikes that come just in time to save King Arthur and Hank from their deaths.
 * Situational **
 * Magic Weapon (Telegraph) **

The foil in this section is the blacksmith because Hank is seen as a very smart and modern man versus the blacksmith who can’t even understand what Hank is trying to tell him. The blacksmith doesn’t understand Hank’s modernization plans or his plan for wages which makes him Hank’s opposite. The plague can be considered the creature of nightmare in this section because it threatens the lives of the citizens. It kills many families and Hank experiences a woman dying from the plague in front of him which changes him and really shows the horrors of the plague.
 * //Character //**
 * Foil (Blacksmith) **
 * Creature of Nightmare (Plague) **

//**Symbolic **// Hank is captured and taken as a slave in this section. He’s forced to work on a field while it begins to snow. The snow represents coldness and barrenness because a lot of the slaves begin to die while being forced to work in the poor conditions.
 * Snow **



Hank is run out of town by an angry mob and forced to take sanction in a tree while the mob calms down. The tree represents life because it’s the only thing keeping Hank from being killed by the mob.
 * Tree **



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Skeletons fill the walls of the jail cell where King Arthur is being held. The skeletons represent mortality because there is little hope for King Arthur who is doomed to life of slavery or death at the hands’ of his own people. The jail cell is a very gloomy setting that King Arthur is forced to experience in this section.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Skeleton **


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Themes **

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Adversity shapes a person's character // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The theme of adversity shaping a peron's character is developed through the king. As he experiences the humiliation and injustices of slavery for the first time, he begins to detest this practice. As the hardships he has imposed on others begin to be imposed on him, he starts to see things from the point of view of the lowest of society. In the face of these trials and hardships, the king's character is like gold passing through the fires of adverseity. The impurities of ignorance and superiority are burned away, leaving the king stronger than before. His morality and integrity have been refined and revealed, making him a wiser and better man.

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Through alienation comes self-knowledge // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The theme of self-knowledge through alienation is represented in part 4 by the king. He is alienated from his life of royal comfort and soft luxury when Hank and him travel as peasants. There is an important contrast between the naive nobles in Arthur's court and the violent, animal-like peasants in the rest of the kingdom. This results in Arthur being truly isolated from the life he knew. As he sees the hardships and injustices of slaves, he beings to realize he has romanticized his country's prosperity and justice. As this happens, he starts to gain knowledge of who he is as king and how his regality and value comes from his position and potential to make a difference. This cumulates in his announcement to the peasants about to hang him that he is their king. When they don't recognize him and instead jeer and laugh, the king finally fully realizes that he is naturally no greater than any man there and that his supposed regality comes only from an empty title.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Real World Connection **

//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Siege of Masada (A.D. 72-73) **//



<span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">The theme "Adversity shapes a person's character" can be applied to the Roman siege of Masada, a Jewish fortress, in the 1st century A.D. During this period of time, the Jews had revolted against the Romans, angered at the lack of respect the Romans had for their religious traditions and high taxes. In turn, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Temple (Herod's Temple), and laid siege to Masada. The Jewish fighters held out for nearly a year before eventually succumbing to overwhelming Roman numbers. As a result of the revolt, the Jews were scattered throughout the world in what became known as the Jewish Diaspora. However, Masada remained a prominent symbol of Jewish nationalism and courage even in the face of death and a superior enemy. The memory would unite the Jewish people even though they were located throughout the world, and provide a rallying point for the movement for a Jewish homeland, known as Zionism. For the next two millennia until the present day, the Jewish people would be profoundly affected, shaped, and inspired by this heroic battle.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The discussion began with everyone recapping what had happened during Part 4 and what the King and Hank had experienced during this time. Then we began to discuss what our archetypes were. We decided to categorize the telegraph which was used by Hank to contact Clarence in Camelot as a magic weapon because it was technology which he used to save himself and the king. We talked about what archetype Marco would be, but we were unable to decide what he would be. We also talked about the king but were unable to put him as an archetype either. We tried to make him a masculine version of the Damsel in Distress, but there was no archetype that matched it. And finally we talked about the themes, which were easier to find. Our themes included “adversity shapes a person’s character”, referring to the king and the way he had changed during his experience as a slave. Hank asked him if he would consider abolishing slavery in the beginning of the passage, but the king said no. Then, in section 4, he asked and the king said yes. We also used “alienation brings self-knowledge” for the king and Hank, who both learned a lot during this section.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Group Discussion **

//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Level 1 // <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. How many people attended the dinner? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Who kept bragging about having meat for dinner? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. What did Hank do to get the commoners restless and to thing of him as a spy?
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Questions for Further Discussion **

//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Level 2 // <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Why does the discussion during the dinner that Hank has with the commoners significant? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. How does Hank's experience as a slave help him in the future? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Was Marco proof of man's ignorance?

//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Level 3 // <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Can ignorance come from money and power? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Is a law really justice when it forces someone to do something that goes against their belief? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. How does poverty change the way people think? Why?