Monty Python And Beowulf Comparison

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One of the main parts of Monty Python is when King Arthur kills the black knight. This is important because knights were thought to be chivalrous and fought till death. Although in the movie they make fun of this by having the black knight fight with missing limbs, it still emphasizes that knights fought till death. This idea is shown in Beowulf by Beowulf fighting until he is killed by the dragon, and is also shown in the Green Knight by Sir Gawain holding up his bargain and going to face the Green Knight even though he could have died. In the movie they used a three headed knight as a supernatural aspect when in medieval epics they used things like dragons and monsters. They also use a killer bunny as one on the creatures in the movie which

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