Arthurian themes...

[harryingbg]

No: HPFGUIDX 80728

Does anyone think that Arthur will finally kill Malfoy?  Mallory's 
King Arthur actually cleaves a particularly vicious Lucius in two, 
from the head down to his breast, with the sword Excalibur.  The 
Arthurian Lucius is a dictator, an elderly Emperor, who demands 
that Arthur recognize him as the greater Lord...if Arthur declines 
then Lucius will wage war on him.  Of course Arthur cannot 
accept this, so he challenges Lucius by saying that he, Arthur, is 
the true Lord. A matter of lands gained or lost, as I remember.  
This Lucius gathers all his wicked allies, along with fifty giants to 
be the front line, to go to war against Arthur.  Arthur, meanwhile, 
has terrible dreams of dragons and other beasts and of the 
great battle, and he is asks a Learned Philosopher the meaning 
of the dreams. and after a lengthy battle of wits and nerves and 
many deaths, comes this:

Thus the battle between King Arthur and Lucius the Emperor 
endured long.  Lucius had on his side many Saracens which 
were slain.  And thus the battle was great, and oftsides that one 
party was at a fordeal and anon at an afterdeal, which endured 
so long till at the last King Arthur espied where Lucius the 
Emperor fought, and did wonder with his own hands.  And anon 
he rode to him.  And either smote other fiercely, and at last 
Lucius smote Arthur thwart the visage, and gave him a large 
wound.  And when King Arthur felt himself hurt, anon he smote 
him again with Excalibur that it cleft his head, from the summit of 
his head, and stinted not till it came to his breast.  And then the 
emperor fell down dead and there ended his life.

Anyone think this is just coincidence?  I wonder...  as it is, it could 
be Harry and Voldemort, don't you think, as well as Arthur and 
Lucius?  

"harryingbg"