e twentieth century are both shown through Morgan to be viable options. Feminism has influenced the depiction of Morgan to a huge degree. Instead of thepatriarchal society view that women are essentially evil and responsible for all theproblems in this world, women, especially Morgan, are portrayed to be superior inintellect and talent, free of all moral constraint and incapable of doing wrong. There hasbeen no balanced view, either women are very good or very bad.Morgan Le Fay is an interesting character who changes a good deal throughout thevarious accounts of the Arthurian legend. The societies in which all these accounts ofArthur were written have contributed to the author’s decision to portray her in a certainway. While in The Once and Future King we find her to be an allegory to Hitler, in TheMists of Avalon she is the epitome of feminist ideals, and while she is portrayed in a verypositive light in Mort Artu, it seems she could not possibly do any more evil in Le Morted’Arthur. Morgan Le Fay is a very complex character whose essential identity has beenchanged dramatically throughout the ages and who has frequently fallen victim to thestereotypes that have accompanied women throughout the ages. ...
