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Out of all the stories I’ve read about heroes in this lesson, the only one I had ever heard of was King Arthur. I guess I had also heard of the name Beowulf, but only because there was a new movie coming out called that. I knew nothing about him though. But after reading the stories in this lesson, I became much more aware of both of these characters. As I was reading, I found out that Beowulf is an epic hero, and that King Arthur is a romantic hero. There are two other heroes that I read about, Gilgamesh and Achilles, but I chose to just write about Beowulf and Arthur because they both intrigued me very much, and because they are so different from each other. The main differences I noticed between the two were their personalities, the way they fight. But I also found some similarities too.
King Arthur and Beowulf’s personalities are completely opposite from one another. King Arthur is a very compassionate, and humble person. He doesn’t care about being praised, or......

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