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This 7 page paper looks at both works and supports the view that one similarity is the use of gender. In both works, the authors disparage the female gender in order to elevate the male. The kings in each of these works are discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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view that one similarity is the use of gender. In both works, the authors disparage the female gender in order to elevate the male. The kings in each of these
works are discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 2 sources. SA123beo.rtf Both Beowulf and Malorys Morte Darthur are old works that have been preserved throughout the years, but
each represent its characters in the midst of two cultural ideologies. There is the heroic code that governs the Anglo-Saxon world of Beowulf and then there is the feudal code
of chivalry that seems to impinge on the late medieval world of Morte Darthur. In each work, there is royalty, but again, royalty is treated differently in each, despite a
common thread. And while they are each fundamentally different, there are similarities as well. Perhaps the greatest thread of similarity lies in the notion that the males have been portrayed
as "manly" or virile, while the women were hardly there at all. Women stayed in the background while the men exhibited brevity and victory. They were the ones who would
take on the world. The battle with Grendels mother is of course something to contemplate as it negates the premise that men should not fight with women. At the same
time, Grendels mother is literally a monster, so one could in fact give Beowulf some slack in that he took on a woman. Can a monster really have feminine or
masculine qualities? In any event, both kings are certainly brave and display the male stereotype whereas the women are "put in their place," so to speak. This similarity between these
two works is significant and while each work draws on a different time period with different rules and mores, they each certainly exemplify a patriarchal world that has in fact
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