Fate And Free Will In King Arthur's King

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In King Arthur, knowledge of one’s fate is handled in a couple of ways; either by trying to avoid it or by ignoring it. The former is seen when Arthur decides to kill any children born on the day of his son in order to avoid the prothesized death at his hands. Most interesting of the two, to me, appears in the brief summary at the beginning of the tale where Silvius learns that Brutus would “cause the death of both of his parents” (421). However, the king did nothing and, as fate had it, Brutus fulfilled the prophecy and was thereby banished. The phenomena is seen, again, when Arthur rushes into battle at the very end, despite knowing that he is prothesized to die in that battle on that day. I find it interesting that knowing what is going
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