In the book Sword in the Stone and in the movie “Excalibur”, King Arthur and Wart are the heroes of the book and Merlin is the old wise man who helps Arthur and Wart to overcome the obstacles or the bad guys. In the book, Queen Morgan Le Fay and Madam Mim are two bad guys and in the movie the evil character is Morgana. In both, Sword in the Stone and “Excalibur” the old …showed first 75 words of 901 total…

…showed last 75 words of 901 total…and in the book, Arthur and Wart show many similarities and differences of archetype of a hero. Although Merlin, the wizard, is wise and seems invincible in the book, in the movie he is not. Furthermore, the bad guys are eviler in the movie than in the book. And thus, old wise man, the hero, and the bad guys in the book and in the movie, show similarities and differences of archetypical characters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**