Read the passage from "The Lack at the Toek":

"In the very olden time, there lived a semi-barbaric king whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still as savage and untrammeled as befitted the hall of justice which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and withal of an authority so irresistible that at his will he turned his varied fancies into facts."

In the context of the allegory, what does the king's behavior most likely represent?

A. the abuse of power
B. the power of great ideas
C. the consequence of choice
D. the uncertainty of love