For my blog post this week, I would like to focus on who I would like to meet! The person I would like to meet is Merlin. Merlin is a very interesting character to me. I feel that I find him so interesting because he is so different than what I thought he was going to be. I find this to be ironic because this really embodies his character; Merlin never seems to be what everyone thinks he is. Growing up, I loved watching The Sword in the Stone. (The Disney version.) In the Disney version, he was this cooky old man that had magical powers and was obviously a good guy. The first picture below is what I thought he was and would be in the text. Below that picture is a much older picture of him. These are two very different images and I feel that they depict him differently in each. Unlike the Disney version, Merlin had his own agenda; that includes disguising a man so he can trick a woman into having sex with him. (Much different from Disney.) Although these details seems to make Merlin a less desirable character, I feel that they make him more interesting. These details make me want to know him and meet him. Overall, I feel that Merlin is a complicated character who I would love to meet.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/5/56/Merlin_official.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120320065319
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/images/mlw_0001_0003_0_img0132.jpg
Merlin (Disney version) always did seem like a cooky old man. Do you like the print version of Merlin because he was more devious? Or did you like the Disney version and the Merlin in the story only solidified your like of him?
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how in the second picture Merlin looks blue in the face. Could that possibly be dehumanising him?
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