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The story of King Arthur has been told many different ways, by many different groups of people, for many years. The movies Merlin and King Arthur are just two of the dozens of different tales about King Arthur. Every version of King Arthur has similarities and differences. Every time King Arthur has ever been mentioned or portrayed, he is always considered as a brave hero who leads the Knights of the Round Table with the help of his sword Excalibur. Merlin is always showed as a wizard with a wand casting spells. Going into the watching of Merlin and King Arthur I had never even heard of most of the characters such as Guinevere or Lancelot, so I based my opinion of each movie off of the other one. My knowledge level about King Arthur has tripled. …show more content…

The biggest difference seen is the different time lines of the movies. In Merlin, it starts when merlin is a baby and tells the story of Uther’s reign and the birth of Arthur. However King Arthur, starts out as Arthur already being a knight. The next difference between Merlin’s character and the relationship he has with Arthur is massive. In Merlin, he is partially responsible for Arthur’s birth, he teaches him magic, and is his mentor. But in King Arthur, he is the leader of the Woads other than that there is not much mention of him. Next, is a very important part of every story about King Arthur and that is Excalibur. Merlin, shows Arthur pulling it out of the Rock of Ages because he is a worthy man and will be a good leader. In contrast, King Arthur displays Arthur removing it from his father’s grave because of his great love for his mother. Lastly the ending of the two movies are complete opposites. In Merlin, Arthur’s live is ended when he is still fairly young by his son Morderd. Yet in King Arthur, he does not lose his life. Many of his comrades die while fighting the Saxons but Arthur lives happily ever after with his new bride Guinevere. Although there are many differences between the two movies they both do well in depicting the live of King

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