Comparing King Arthur And First Knight

From the very beginning of our literary heritage, there have been numerous legends of heroes, Kings, and Gods. King Arthur is perhaps the best-known and most famous character of all theses legendary figures. From fighting off the Angel Saxons from invading Britain with his Samaritans Knights’ he becomes one of the most important aspect of the Arthurian legend. His well-known character has placed him into being incorporated into movies, books and even plays. Unfortunately, there’s not enough accurate information about King Arthur, and as a result the media depicts him differently. One can see this throughout the movie King Arthur as well as First Knight. Although they illustrate Arthur as a fearless leader who stands his ground, he has a strong

In the movie King Arthur, Arthur is visualized as a middle aged man, in contrast to the movie First Knight, who portrays him as an old aged man. Although, Arthur is known to be King of Britain in both of these movies, they portray his position and roles differently. In the movie King Arthur, he is represented as the commander of the Sarmatian Knights, as well as the leader of both Briton and Rome, as Guinevere says, “Arthur and his Knights. A leader both Briton and Rome,” (King Arthur). However, he chose to lead Rome rather than Briton. On the other hand, in First Knight, Arthur is represented as the the King of Camelot. Not to mention, their duties are dramatically different. In the movie King Arthur, Arthur and his knights are to guard the Hadrian Wall from any intruders who dare to cross. That is until they are given a mission from Bishop Germanius to rescue a family up North, as he states to Arthur, “Rome has issued a final order for you and your men...You are to travel north to rescue the family of Marius Honorius and in return, in particular, with Marius’s son Alecto,” (King Arthur). In the movie First Knight, King Arthur’s duty is to protect Lyonesse from being taken over and controlled by Sir Malagant, as he discusses with his fellow knights stating that, “He wants war. He wants Lyonesse as a buffer. He wants Camelot,” (First Knight). He is informing his knights that they should expect an upcoming