The legend of Merlin displays distinctive themes and interests from The Life of Merlin and Merlin and Vivien although they both tell the same story. The Life of Merlin gave him qualities of a humble man. The source provided descriptive details of Merlin’s upcomings of a great sorcerer. In the text Monmouth wrote Merlin to be a wise man who saw no good in having riches. Merlin and Vivien has the same concept of who Merlin is and how he came to be. Gaster gave Heroic symbolism to Merlin in previous texts of the Arthurian Legend. The Life of Merlin and Merlin and Vivien are being compared by the difference of the themes and interests by different authors of different time periods. For example, Monmouth provides the audience with special qualities
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The author creates a helpful source because it explains the details in many of the poems and stories in the legend of Merlin’s background and present. Gaster added another quality to Merlin’s legend to make Merlin the wise, powerful and clueless in the way he doesn’t see what dangers lies before him. It’s understood in this version is specifically telling the history of Merlin and give the reader the accurate information to the characters from in the legend. Throughout this story Merlin acts of a almighty god-type of character confirming a few of the other legends ideas. In this text the author wrote the Merlin legend in a more modern text to give the audience a clearer understanding of this certain Arthurian Legend. Gaster expresses “his whole history is surrounded by so much mystery, and so many in explicable incidents are interwoven in the relationship of his birth and his further activity which have baffled the ingenuity of many a scholar” in which he informs the audience the history of Merlin (Gaster). At this point in history the author presumes each hero must have their imperfections and their flaws. He makes the audience sees each hero is no longer perfected to what they seem to be. His interest in this article is to create a symbol of perfections of
The author creates a helpful source because it explains the details in many of the poems and stories in the legend of Merlin’s background and present. Gaster added another quality to Merlin’s legend to make Merlin the wise, powerful and clueless in the way he doesn’t see what dangers lies before him. It’s understood in this version is specifically telling the history of Merlin and give the reader the accurate information to the characters from in the legend. Throughout this story Merlin acts of a almighty god-type of character confirming a few of the other legends ideas. In this text the author wrote the Merlin legend in a more modern text to give the audience a clearer understanding of this certain Arthurian Legend. Gaster expresses “his whole history is surrounded by so much mystery, and so many in explicable incidents are interwoven in the relationship of his birth and his further activity which have baffled the ingenuity of many a scholar” in which he informs the audience the history of Merlin (Gaster). At this point in history the author presumes each hero must have their imperfections and their flaws. He makes the audience sees each hero is no longer perfected to what they seem to be. His interest in this article is to create a symbol of perfections of