In the Queen of Air and Darkness Morgause raises four boys. She is not a good mother, and she does not give her boys a sense of right and wrong. She often ignores them for days at a time and beats them when they displease her. She acts as if they were pets rather than human beings, to be loved or not at her convenience . But despite this common maltreatment, the boys turn out very …showed first 75 words of 709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 709 total…Gareth puts the welfare of other people before his own.         The four boys, all brought up in the same manner, have different and balancing features. Gawaine is outgoing and quick to act, but he is balanced by Gaheris who is reclusive and slow to action. Agravaine is sadistic and selfish, but he is balanced by Gareth who is kind and generous. They compliment each other and together are stronger than they can ever be apart.