English - Merlin
Used to serve Mab, Christian, Was a pagan, believes love is more important than magic, Merlin's caretaker
Ambrosia
Who does Mab call "Casualties of War"? To what war is she referring?
Ambrosia and Elissa / Turning everyone pagan again and stopping Christianity
"You've been sliding down the ladder of success so quickly these last few years you must have got splinters in your backside"
Ambrosia to Mab
"Magic has no power over the human heart"
Ambrosia to Merlin
Place where they took the Holy Grail, place of Healing
Avalon
Where does Merlin take Nimue?
Avalon
What kind of oath does Merlin make on the graves of Ambrosia and Elissa?
Blood oath
land of Justice for everyone
Camelot
What is the relationship between King Constance and Uther Pendragon?
Constance is Uther's father
Igraine's husband, gets killed, leader of Tintagel
Cornwall
Who is Cornwall? Igraine? Morgan Le Fay?
Cornwall is Igraines husband and Morgan le Fay is their daughter. They live in Tintagel
Who is Merlin's mom?
Elissa
What does the Lady of the Lake give Merlin? Why?
Excalibur; so that he can defeat Vortigern
Shape shifter, serves mab, gnome
Frik
Describe the scene where the Ptolemaic Universe is displayed. What is happening? Who is in it? What is the significance of the Ptolemaic Universe?
Frik Merlin and Mab are in the scene Frick is teaching Merlin book magic. They are showing mistakes in the middle age and showing that book learning is only half of knowledge by using the Ptolemaic Universe.
Who visits Merlin once he has been taken prisoner? What does the visitor try to do?
Frik; tries to get him to use magic
What is Frik's role?
He acts like a guard
How does Arthur win Lot to his cause?
He brings him Excalibur and tells him to kill him
What happens to Uther?
He commits suicide
How does Lancelot save Guinevere?
He cuts her free and took her away by horse.
What does Merlin do with Excalibur?
He gives it back to the Lady of the Lake
Who is the Rock of Ages?
He is an old friend of the lady of the lake.
Why does Merlin help Uther? What happens?
Merlin thought it was the right thing to do. Uther seduces Igraine and kills Cornwall.
"I was a tutor. I didn't teach him magic. I taught him ethics and morals. It is much more difficult, believe me."
Merlin to Audience
"Things fall apart, they say. Uther had betrayed me, killed Cornwall. But then, I's betrayed Igraine by helping Uther seduce her. So the wheel of life turns - one betrayal leads to another. The innocent die. It haunted me for the rest of my life"
Merlin to Audience
"A reputation is like glass, once cracked it can never be repaired"
Merlin to Uther
"You have so few of those. I wouldn't worry about that one"
Merlin to Vortigern
"The arrow of time flows in one direction only"
Merlin to audience
"They say that when you're unhappy, time slows to a crawl. On the other hand, when your happy ... my childhood must have been very happy, for is was over in a flash"
Merlin to audience
Arthur and Morgan's son, pagan, magical, evil
Mordred
Describe the last battle
Mordred and Arthur fight. Mordred tricks Arthur, stabs him, and them Arthur kills Mordred and Arthur later dies too.
What news does Mordred bring to Camelot? What does this force Arthur to do?
Mordred tells Arthur that his wife cheated on him and he has to condemn her with treason and put her to death.
daughter of Cornwall and Igraine, mother of Mordred, Half sister of Arthur
Morgan Le Fay
"I like the old ways. The old ways gave me Mordred. And they made me beautiful."
Morgan to Merlin
Why is Morgan Merlin's enemy?
Morgan wants to get back at Merlin for letting her father die and her mother get seduced by Uther. She will teach Mordred the Old Ways.
Who is Merlin's next visitor?
Nimue
headstrong princess, kissed Merlin, Merlin's love interest
Nimue
Is Arthur's quest a success?
No
Lady of the Lake's twin, dark, wants to keep magic alive, partially immortal, queen of old ways, pagan, self-serving, made Merlin to be a wizard
Queen Mab
Why does Mab leave Merlin to be raised by Ambrosia? What does this suggest?
She doesn't have love or what it takes to care for Merlin.
What does the Lady of the Lake do for Merlin?
She helps him to find a man to guard the kingdom while Arthur is finding the Holy Grail.
Why does Nimue stay in Avalon?
She is at peace with prayer and doesn't want people to see her face.
What does Mab offer to Nimue and how does she respond?
She offers to restore her beauty of she takes Merlin away. She says that she loves Merlin and will not hurt him that way.
What happens to Elaine?
She sees Guinevere and Sir Lancelot as lovers in a mirror. Elaine died of a broken heart.
How does Nimue save Merlin?
She tells Vortigern that Merlin had another vision
What does the Lady of the Lake "accidentally" tell Merlin? What does he do? Why does she do this?
She tells him that Mab let Merlin's mother die. He goes home. She does this to start trouble.
How does Mab interfere this time?
She tries to make Guinevere fall in love with Sir Lancelot
What information do you have about Ambrosia?
She used to serve Mab. She was pagan and became Christian.
Why does Mab give Nimue her beauty back? What does she want?
She wants Merlin to leave with Nimue
Why does she want Merlin to watch the sacrifice?
She wants him to use magic to save her
How does Mab intend to use the union between Arthur and Morgan?
She wants them to have a kid so that they have a pagan heir to the throne.
Arthur's adopted father
Sir Ector
3 people Merlin finds at Joyous Guard
Sir Lancelot, Lady Elaine, Galahad
Once he is free what story does Nimue tell Merlin?
Story of the Holy Grail
Merlin Archetype:
Story teller, wizard, hero, protector, wise man
What happens when Merlin leaves Nimue?
The rocks close and he can never see her again. She is trapped.
Why does Merlin say that the castle cannot be built where it is?
There is a river and two dragons
What is the Wheel of Fortune
There is a top and bottom to a circle. When you are on top life is good. When you are on the bottom life is at a low. There is a lady (the lady of luck) on top that spins the wheel and the lady is blind.
Describe Merlin's dragon vision
There were two flags fighting. The red conquered the white.
What is the relationship between Mab and the Lady of the Lake? How is there relationship at this point?
They are twins. They have opposite viewpoints and are not getting along.
What do the physicians argue about? What does this suggest about medicine?
They don't know which way to turn the thing in Lancelot's shoulder. Medicine is not advanced at this time.
Arthur's father, from Normandy, Christian ruler
Uther Pendragon
Describe the battle between Vortigern and Uther.
Uther won the battle. Merlin killed Vortigern with Excalibur
he killed king constant, tyrant, trying to rule Britain
Vortigern
"Patience isn't one of my virtues"
Vortigern to Merlin
"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think"
Vortigern to Merlin
What medieval idea is presented here?
Wheel of Fortune
How does Merlin finally defeat Mab?
When she is forgotten she ceases to exist. He makes everyone forget her and walk away without acknowledging her.
What is the wine knocked over by Morgan a symbol for?
blood
What quest does Arthur undertake?
finding the Holy Grail
When the film opens with an aged Merlin narrating his story. Britain faces civil war and the Saxon invasion. What literary technique is used to open the story?
flashback
What mythical beast tries to assassinate Arthur on his way to the Rock of Ages?
gryfons; They have the body of a lion and head of a hawk or eagle; Mab sent them
What does Merlin do that shows Mab and Ambrosia he is no longer a child?
he uses magic
Forest is
in the beginning and the end
What are the Old Ways?
pagan
Kite
symbol for youth. Morgan was a child and Frik cut the string making her more mature and beautiful
What is Arthur's reason for building Camelot?
to give justice to everyone
Mab's twin - accepts her fate
Lady of the Lake
King that married Uther's daughter, hostile, Didn't agree with Arthur as a king, Sir Gawin's father, Mordred killed him, his son sided with Arthur against his dad
Lot
What happens in the end?
Mab and Merlin fight. Everyone forgets Mab and she disappears. Galahad comes back with the Holy Grail and makes life good. Merlin finishes his story and Frik reunites with him. Frik tells Merlin he found Nimue. Nimue and Merlin reunite and the last bit of magic is making them young again.
When Merlin visits Nimue he finds that he cannot give her the Illusion of beauty. Why?
Mab is too strong
What happens to Morgan and Frik? What does Frik do?
Mab kills Morgan and Frik loses his powers. Frik joins Arthur's army.
Summarize the meeting between Mab and Vortigern
Mab says she knows how to defeat Uther. She wants Merlin in return. She tells him to sacrafice Nimue to the dragon.
What does Mab do to cause more chaos?
Mab sends Frik to trick Morgan into sleeping with Arthur. They have a child named Mordred. Merlin gets very mad and realizes that Arthur has mad a huge mistake. This will give Mab an heir to the throne.
"She served her purpose"
Mab to Ambrosia
"Look at him... his reign begins in blood and will end the same."
Mab to Merlin
"With evil all around me I can do nothing but evil to survive"
Mab to Nimue
Created by Mab, no father, lived with Ambrosia, Wizard, Wise
Merlin
What does Mab want from Vortigern?
Merlin
How does Arthur prove he has Excalibur?
Merlin and another man backed him up. He lifts fire with the sword.
When Frik tells Mab that Merlin will never move beyond being a hand wizard what reason does he give for this?
Merlin doesn't like magic in his heart.
From Jerusalem, Took cup from Jesus at the last supper to Avalon
Joseph of Arimithea
Why does the Soothsayer summon Queen Mab? What does she tell him to search for?
He needs to find out why Vortigern's castle falls and she tells him to find a man with no mortal father.
How does Merlin trick Uther?
He says that he will make a spell with Excalibur and he actually puts it in a rock.
What does Merlin share with Nimue?
He shows his magic which he calls a trick, he gives her the moon
How does Merlin fix the assassination attempt?
He uses bees to shoo them off
What request does Uther make of Merlin?
He wants Merlin to kill Cornwall or make Igraine love him.
Why does Merlin have a difficult time telling Arthur of his past?
He was not ready, didn't have the heart, and was distracted.
What is Merlin's Oath?
He will never use magic again
What does the following dialogue mean? What does it imply about Uther. Merlin:I ask you to hold Excalibur for me, until a good man comes to take it from you. Rock of Ages: Then I will be holding it forever... if not longer.
It means that the world is filled with evil and Uther is not a good man.
What has Uther's obession with Igraine done to the kingdom?
It tears them apart and kills many.
