In this reading, the theme is that the King is always right. This article shows how even though a person may say one thing, the King has the final word as to what is correct. This shows that the King is always right.
The thing that stood out to me the most is how the King allowed all of Tyler's followers to return to their homes after Tyler's death, but then had his men find and kill. The King had Tyler's people hunted down hanged until he realized that there were too many of them and that too many people had already been killed. Only then did the King find "pity in his heart."
This presented the idea that things can turn around at any time. In the beginning of the article, Tyler was grated many requests from the King and by the end of the article the King had ordered Tyler decapitated and his followers hanged. This shows just how quickly things can change from good to bad.
A modern parallel to this article is law cases. In court cases, nothing can be counted on to last. New evidence can always arise, causing the case to suddenly turn the other direction in favor of the opposite party than before.
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