Narmer's Character In 'Red Crown Of Egypt'

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1) Narmer is portrayed as a violent leader. He is shown as being an arrogant vicious person that sees himself bigger than everyone else. He stands over the top of a pile of bodies and is about to add one more to the pile in the first scene. He also always has a servant following behind him carrying his shoes and a tea pot (I guess murdering people makes you thirsty and crave tea?) The god Horus, represented by the falcon (Western Civilization, Volume 1, page 26) watches over him. His appearance changes from the first scene to the next, where he is wearing the Red Crown of Egypt ( (Western Civilization, Volume 1, page 26 )

2) There are a few clues that I got from the palette that show he united Upper and Lower Egypt. First is the fact that

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