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Compare and contrast essay Imagine yourself walking and then you see a man with two swords and walking straight towards you, it is a samurai, a warrior of feudal Japan. Then you see a man with full body armor and a sword, it is a knight, who do you think is a better warrior. It will be on their armor and weapons, their education and how both of them treated women. I hope you enjoy. The first one is their weapons and armor. The samurai had a mask to scare the enemy. It was made to look…

Beowulf , the longest poem written in Anglo-Saxon, was written in around 675- 850 A.D. It’s author is an unknown cleric who narrated the story of a hero, Beowulf, who fights against beasts in order to keep his town safe. All of the monsters he has to fight have several things in common, which make them feared by all. Grendel is the first monster Beowulf fights. He is a monster full of rage, ‘‘spurned and joyless.’’(Beowulf, page 24) Just like his mother and the dragon Beowulf fights, Grendel is…

Imagine being in a combat situation; under direct fire from the enemy. Then a bullet the size of a baby carrot strikes you in the thigh. Unable to move with blood gushing from the wound, you look around at your squad members. Private Johnson on your left is a short yet broad fellow and Private First Class Jennings is on your right, a petite, yet athletic female. With all your combat gear you weigh in at roughly two hundred and twenty-five pounds. Given your choice of squad member, who would…

ord of the Dwarves of Belegost in the First Age. Azaghal ruled the city of Belegost in the Blue Mountains on the eastern border of Beleriand. The Dwarves of Belegost and the neighboring city of Nogrod were craftsmen of great renown. Around the year 260 of the First Age, Azaghal received the Dragon-helm from Telchar, a smith of Nogrod. The Dragon-helm was made shortly after the first appearance of the fire-breathing Dragon Glaurung. The visor on the Dragon-helm shielded the wearer from the…

My coach and I had rushed to the double doors, we were late. As we walked through the entrance, we saw the brutal fights, my coach worried that I might have missed my turn to fight. But I was not, I had a fear of getting hurt, from falling and scraping my knee to just fighting. I heard thumps that roared across the other side of the dome building and bellowing from each person as a kick or punch was thrown out. I was mortified to see all the people that were being taken care of by the paramedics…

While reading See Me, I made a prediction that the person that sent the bouquet of pink roses is going to bring up topics from both Maria and Colin’s past. Both Maria and Colin have not had an easy past. Several actions have changed both Maria and Colin’s personality. Maria, a lawyer, had dealt with strange cases in the past, but nothing compared to the case that caused her to quit her job. Maria did not fight for the right punishment for a client and was stalked by the client’s brother. Maria…

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on” Ulysses S. Grant. Knights and samurai’s are very strong. While knights and samurai have many similairites, in a one on one battle,. The advantage would be to the knight and this can be seen in the document packet and video on warriors. The first way that the knight has an advantage is his armor. In document D by Terry Bennet it states ¨knights began to…

“Yesterday, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey accepted a Marine's invitation to the Marine Corps ball in December. When they heard Ronda Rousey was teaming up with the Marines, ISIS was like, "We surrender!"- Jimmy Fallon The UFC’s, Ultimate Fighting Championship, undefeated Women’s Bantam Weight Champion twenty-eight year old Ronda Rousey has accepted a fight with the super tough competitor Fallon Fox, but this fight will not take place within the ring. Rousey has indicated that she does not want to…

Beowulf prepared for the fight physically, spiritually, and mentally. However, Beowulf knew that if he were to fight the Dragon with his bare hands that he would die. Beowulf realized that he needed armor and weapons. Beowulf prepared himself for the battle with the Dragon by getting armor made of iron because it would protect him more compared to wood. In addition to the armor, Beowulf also brought a shield and weapons such as a sword and a knife. Beowulf must have felt confident because he…

While Roman legionaries carried the short gladius, Roman cavalry carried a longer sword suitable for mounted soldiers—the spatha. The spatha, a double edged straight sword from 30 to 39 inches long, became the ancestor of the basic medieval blade, the arming sword, carried by medieval knights. Many swords were based on the arming sword, 27 to 32 inches long; other medieval or later swords developed in counterpoise to advances in medieval armor. This article considers the deadly swords of the…