Beowulf_And_King_Arthur_Compare-Contrast_Essay

Beowulf And King Arthur Compare-Contrast Essay Beowulf and king Authur comparison essay By: Stacey Wynn Lamont The Great Ones Reveled Numerous stories about numerous heroes have been told and then retold. All of these heroes do different things and all of them have a different set of qualities which make them heroes. Due to the fact that there are only so many heroic adventures and qualities, most are shared in part with at least one other hero. Such is the case between the great hero, Beowulf, from the epic poem Beowulf and King Arthur from the story of Morte d’Arthur. These great heroes have strong similarities and a great deal of differences. Once their similarities have been compared and then dismissed it is evident that Beowulf is the greater hero of the two. True heroes do good things for good people. Such is the case in Beowulf, Beowulf leaves his homeland to help the Danish people rid themselves of the human eating monster, Grendel. This heroic quality is also evident in Morte d'Arthur, as Arthur consciously rides into a battle in order to rid his people of an evil knight who would not allow others to pass. Both heroes are displaying their concern for others by beowulf, arthur, king, heroes, great, men, grendel, morte, hero, battle, weapons, respect, people, line, d’arthur, both, alone, same, qualities, paragraph, knight, heroic, help, greater, good, fact, even, death, way, two, things, themselves, sword, similarities, others