Beowulf_&_King_Arthur

Beowulf & King Arthur Comparison and Contrast of King Arthur and Beowulf King Arthur and Beowulf are both kings of tragic destinies whose deaths affect the people in very different ways. They are both tales of high adventure with a mythical element. Both tales deal with good and evil and loyalty and betrayal. With this mix comes compassion for the kings in the story. The reader’s looking and hoping for the happy ending and then trying to find the moral of the story in the unhappy one. Beowulf and King Arthur are both great kings who wanted to create a perfect kingdom. King Arthur in his quest to do this is betrayed by his loving wife and first knight. Beowulf who is single throughout the tale is also betrayed, but by his followers. Both of the kings take the betrayal hard and the betrayal is important to the fall of the kings themselves. In their quest to build ideal empires, both kings fight several battles. Beowulf’s battles are against mythical beings that we today find fairytale like. King Arthur on the other hand fights battles with other empires, someone always trying to bring down the great nation. beowulf, both, kings, king, tales, arthur, betrayal, people, great, good, battles, one, mythical, find, death, ways, very, trying, tale, support, story, quest, outcome, nation, loyalty, leaves, kings’, hoping, hope, group, evil, empires, different, deaths, comes