![]() ![]() ![]() The ant community is robotic, the ants follow commands unthinkingly-indeed the quote written above the ant nest reads "EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY." During Wart's time as an ant, the ant nest declares war on a neighboring ant nest. The first presentation of war is during one of Wart's lessons as a child, when he is transformed into an ant. Indeed, war is canonical in the Arthurian myth however battle scenes are barely described in this text, and when they are, White presents war as something barbaric and violent, rather than heroic and justified. The Medieval England depicted in the novel is almost a perpetual battlefield, with multiple political factions vying for power. War occupies a central role in The Once and Future King. ![]()
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