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Compare And Contrast Beowulf And Morte D Arthur
There was been many stories with many different heroes and rulers and everyone loves to decide who is better than the other.In stories like Beowulf and Morte d’Arthur there are heroes who prove to be similar and different in many of the same ways. Beowulf and King Arthur have many common similarities and differences such as their choice of weapons, their style of fighting, and their ruling style.

Beowulf and King Arthur both use weapons that are similar and different to each other throughout the stories of Beowulf and Morte d’Arthur.In Morte d’Arthur King Arthur must take his fourteen men to battle against Sir Mordred.In Morte d’Arthur it states “Then the King got his spear in both his hands and ran toward Sir Mordred ,crying and saying

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