Edward Rothstein
International Herald Tribune
03-30-2005
Poor King Arthur! There he is, dressed in pristine white, a golden sun embroidered on his chest, still believing that the world holds extraordinary possibilities. Who can resist feeling sorry for him in the 1975 film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' when a peasant demands an explanation of how he became king? Arthur solemnly intones: ''The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in purest shimmering samite, held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the waters to signify that by divine providence, I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I ...

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