Might Makes Right or Right Makes Might “Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21) This quote means that good is stronger than evil. This supports ¨Right Makes Might” because right represents good and might represents evil, which means that might gets overcome with right. In …show more content…
This is shown at the climax of the story when the Wart took to pull the sword out of the stone. ¨The Wart walked up to the great sword for the third time. He put out his hand softly and drew it out as gently as from a scabbard.¨(White, 252) From all three times he pulled the sword out of the stone he did not gain nor lose his strength. The only difference is that he asked Merlyn for help and all of his old friends that taught him lessons throughout the book appeared. To support this idea is, this statement from The Sword in the Stone ¨Oh, Merlyn, ¨ cried the Wart, ¨help me to get this sword.¨...All around the churchyard there were hundreds of old friends.¨ His friends encouraged the Wart to try again and to think about all of his experiences with them and he finally pulled the sword out of the stone. This supports the theme ¨Right Makes Might¨ because since the Wart is not the strongest man, but he still pulled the sword out of the stone when many strong men tried to pull the sword out of the stone but failed. The Wart became the king of Camelot because he is the rightful heir to the throne and not because he is