Excalibur

HRUNTING: A RARE AND ANCIENT SWORD Like most valiant warriors, Beowulf has got special weapons (and above all, swords) in order to take on hazardous fights. Oddly, while other mythical warriors (such as for example King Arthur with Excalibur or Orlando with Durendal) have a single and “personal” sword, representing the “extension” of their strength, Beowulf changes many swords throughout the poem, at least four. In this passage, the reader becomes acquainted with Hrunting, the sword provided by…

Time, time is what passes by as the Earth grows older and life grow stronger. Time passes by and is almost always looked back at. Going back 617 years the continent of Europe only has a population of fifty thousand people and only fifteen cities. It is expected to have a bit more, but it does not. Life during the medieval times was not only a struggle for women, but a struggle for religion, and those who fought in the battles taken place. Falling back to the year 476 CE or 1400, the Europeans…

and Camelot. Also, just as Beowulf earned his position as ruler of Denmark by doing the unimaginable (slaying two ferocious monsters), King Arthur also earns his position as king by doing what no other warrior could do, pulling the magical sword Excalibur out of the stone. Whether these stories of Beowulf and Arthur are fact or fiction, they are undoubtedly stories that tell of what an epic hero truly…

intelligence. Arthur represents the values of a romantic hero in that particular society with qualities no one can compete with. Arthur was the baby of King Uther and Lady Igraine. His birth was shrouded in mystery. Then, as a young man, he pulled Excalibur the sword from the stone which only the rightful king of Britain could do. Not only is this a memorable moment for Britain, but it is the start of a character development. Arthur now realizes the responsibilities and effort to be King of…

jewels. and then Arthur saw a beautiful damsel dressed in pale blue silk with a golden girdle, who walked across the water until she stood before him on the shore. “I am the lady of the lake”, she said, “ and I am come to tell you that your sword excalibur awaits you yonder” (p.19). The lady of the lake is an example of a magical women. In this story there are women such as the recluse or hermit who tell the knights on their quest of what might happen. “Worthy indeed you may be,” answered the…

his fighting skills rather than his leadership skills in kingship. This story also differs from the original tale of young Arthur in the way that his characteristics are portrayed. In addition, the description in which Arthur pulls out the great Excalibur from an anvil and stone rather than merely a stone further emphasizes this point. This version shifts his character to being heavily based on his brute strength and his fighting skills rather than his leadership skills in kingship. The subtle…

In the end King Arthur doesn't care if he dies or not. All that matters to him is revenge for everybody that has fallen to Mordred. When the battle commences Arthur and Modred are going with everything. A bloodthirsty Arthur got a lucky blow with Excalibur through Modred, right below the stomach and Mordred knew that he was going to die so he struck Arthur right in the head as he was impaled on his staff. Later that day King Arthur was laid down in a barge by Sir Bedivere and women to where he…

As a society most of us like to view myths as a old way of telling a story, on how older civilizations used to teach their younglings, however we still use myths as a way to tell a story. Look at any marvel movies or comics, in fact Thor was based on norse mythology. Star Wars is no exception. Star Wars can be based on the arthurian legend of King Arthur . More in depth, one can compare the main character of the two, Luke Skywalker and Theseus. The story of King Arthur being just a no one.…

King Arthur and Spiderman are two fictitious characters that are both similar, and dissimilar to each other. In an excerpt from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he writes about monomyth, which is a twelve step process that is divided into four sections. This represents a continuous cycle that the character in the story must go through in order to complete their journey. King Arthur and Spiderman follow the cycle of the Heroes Journey by events in their lives made parallel to the…

“You can 't debate satire. Either you get it or you don 't.”(Michael Moore). Satire is a piece of writing that takes a serious problem or a plan that someone of power has been purposed and using irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to talk about a serious issue. Satire is mainly used to address a social issue and get people to start talking about the issue. Syria refugees are fleeing their country and President Obama is accepting ten thousand of them in America over the next year; however, Donald Trump,…