In the stories of Beowulf, Gilgamesh, and King Arthur we see men who are looked upon as heroes. They all have similarities and differences. All these heroes share the idea of a quest, a long journey or a voyage of some kind - whether that is to be a personal voyage of discovery of self or a physical travelling voyage.
In Beowulf and Gilgamesh two men set out on a quest in search of glory and fame. In Beowulf and Gilgamesh we see two men who go on a quest to fight these monsters for both but number one to get glory and fame and number two to protect the people of the kingdoms that they live in. Both of these men possess super human like strength. Beowulf with ripping Grendels arm off and Gilgamesh cutting of Humbubas head.
King Arthur is different. n Book I, The Sword and the Stone, we are introduced to the Wart, a young boy who eventually becomes King Arthur. The Wart grows up in the castle of Sir Ector, his foster father. The Wart spends his days in the company of Kay, Sir Ectors son and the heir to his title, amusing himself as best he can while Kay is instructed in the proper ways of knighthood. One night while lost in the forest, the Wart encounters the magician Merlyn, a befuddled but powerful old man who announces that he will be the Warts tutor. During the next six years, Merlyn tries to instill some of his wisdom in the Wart, teaching him about virtue and the world by turning the Wart into various animals. Finally, Kay is knighted, and the Wart becomes his squire, a kind of servant who assists and attends to his master as the knight travels in search of adventure. When the king of England, Uther Pendragon, dies, he leaves no heir, and it is proclaimed that the next rightful king will be whoever can pull out a mysterious sword that has been driven into a rock. The Wart and Kay travel to London, where a tournament is being held so that the finest knights will have the opportunity to try to remove the sword. While running an errand for Kay, the Wart removes the sword from the stone, and he is declared the next king of England.
Beowulf, Gilgamesh, and King Arthur are similar. They all have courage. Except Gilgamesh at the beginning but toward the end he gets it back. Also they each have followers.
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