Animal Imagery
White uses animal imagery all over the place. In The Sword in the Stone, in particular, animal imagery is significant since it's part of Wart's education. Wart is changed into various animals so th...
Swords
Arthur has a sword of power. Arthur also has a "sword" of "power"—sometimes a sword is not just a sword, and sometimes power refers to power in the sack. Ooh, baby.Come on, guys. It's a freaking...
The Holy Grail
This represents the spiritual aspect of knighthood. Most of Arthur's knights are not able to achieve it, since they're too focused on worldly matters: harming others, drinking, and lust. The three...
Unicorn
In several places we hear talk of people questing for unicorns and needing to use a virgin as bait. Legend says that a unicorn is magnetically attracted to a virgin, and will come up and lay its he...