In the 15th century, British writer Thomas Malory set his sights on King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table who lived in England in the Middle Ages, that is, around the sixth century AD, and wrote the book "The Death of King Arthur". A thousand readers have a thousand King Arthur in their hearts. At the end of the 19th century, the American writer Mark Twain opened his mind when he read "The Death of King Arthur" and conceived a time-travel story: the American mechanic Hank who lived in the 19th century. In the era of King Arthur, it brought many technologies of industrial society such as electricity.
In 2017, director Guy Ritchie made "Beasts" based on "The Death of King Arthur". The book "The Death of King Arthur" depicts the rise, fall and death of King Arthur, and the director's lens only focuses on the rise of King Arthur. For the introduction of King Arthur's growth, there is a very big difference between the movie and the book. In the movie, King Arthur's father is well-mannered and has a high reputation. King Arthur's uncle usurped the throne and killed his brother and his queen, and the young Arthur lost his parents. Living among the people, his uncle brought Arthur a deep childhood shadow, and Arthur's resistance, overcoming, and elimination of childhood shadows in adulthood are the prerequisites for him to become a king.
In the book, Arthur left the royal family after he was born. His father coveted one of his subordinates' wives, and tricked him into possessing her and impregnating her. With the birth of Arthur, Arthur's father gave the newborn to his wife. Raised by another subordinate. After the death of his father, Arthur drew the holy sword from the boulder and inherited the throne. King Arthur's uncle was dissatisfied with his nephew's succession, but his life was thinner than paper, and he was killed in a duel with others. King Arthur consolidated his power by marrying a princess whose dowry was the round table that King Arthur would use to discuss with his knights in the future.
The novel "The Death of King Arthur" and the movie "Beast Fight" both focus on depicting the days when King Arthur left his father. The difference is that the focus of the book is the test King Arthur undergoes after reaching the peak of power, while the focus of the film is King Arthur's journey to the peak of power. struggles in the process. In Malory and Mark Twain's novels, King Arthur died in the power struggle, and both novels sang a good song: The world says Arthur is good, the knights of the round table will never forget, infighting is like a chess game, and the picture The poor dagger saw the death of the king; the world said that Arthur was good, the Holy Grail of Glory could not be forgotten, the escapement sought to reach the top, and Xiao Qiang caused disasters; the world said that Arthur was good, the golden holy sword could not be forgotten, and cut iron like mud The sword is unsheathed, and the sword sinks into the lake and disappears.
The story of King Arthur who lived in the sixth century was circulated in the land of England. The writer living in the 15th century organized the legend of King Arthur that was circulated in his time into a book, and the book brought creative inspiration to later literary and artistic creators. On the European continent, the emergence of another epic and Everbright is simply the perfect counterpoint to the birth, dissemination and promotion of King Arthur's epic. In the German-speaking regions of Europe, heroic epics of conspiracy and conquest have been circulated since ancient times. All conspiracy and conquest set off a storm in the heaven, the world, and the devil. An anonymous poet in the 13th century organized the legend into "Song of the Nibelungen" In the 19th century, the famous playwright Wagner combined this epic with Norse mythology to create The Ring of the Nibelung. According to legend, various forces coveted the gold in the hands of the Nibelungen family of the dwarves, because the ring made of gold can give the wearer an invincible power. After sinking into the Rhine, all kinds of things return to peace, and it is also a song that has been sung and finished.
The legend of King Arthur and the legend of the Ring of the Nibelung have been circulated since ancient times. In the feudal society, writers organized these legends into books. In the industrial society, people derived newer versions of the legends, using drama, Films and other forms of presentation. The epic of King Arthur and the Nibelung is a romance written in iron and blood. Although romance will die out or be disillusioned, when people living in an industrial society with a high-speed assembly line look back at the blossoming of romance in the depths of history, or look back at romance Blooming in the depths of people's imagination, people are like the Knights of the Round Table who saw the Holy Grail for the first time and were dazzled by the brilliance of the Holy Grail, temporarily forgetting the trivialities of their lives and being excited by a more magnificent existence. passionate.
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