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Similarities Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And Beowulf

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Comparisons between characters is a way to find similarities between stories. Beowulf was set up during the time that monsters were a problem to man and Beowulf wen to kill the monsters. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a medieval romance set in King Arthur’s castle. Two characters in the stories are strong and arrogant and two characters are loyal to their kings. First off Beowulf has many characteristics that describe him, but great and powerful is one that stands out to me. Beowulf’s power is superhuman, he was the strongest man in the world during that time. The narrator said “Higlac’s follower and the strongest of the Geats greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world” (42). The narrator is saying Beowulf is the strongest

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