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Similarities And Differences Between Harry Potter And King Arthur

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Throughout the Harry Potter novels, there have been many similarities between King Arthur and Harry Potter. Harry and Arthur have shared similarities since the beginning of their lives, they were both orphaned and raised by relative, and they both grew up unaware of their great destiny. Arthur was the only one who could pull the sword Excalibur out of the stone, or from a hand coming out of the lake which proves he is the true king. Just like only a true Gryffindor could pull the sword of Godric Gryffindor out of the sorting hat and find it in the lake. Harry’s mentor throughout the entire series is Dumbledore who taught transfiguration and King Arthur’s mentor was Merlin, an old man with a long white beard who was also a shapeshifter. Harry was given an invisibility cloak by Dumbledore and Arthur had a cloak that made whoever wore it invisible. Ron had a chess set that Harry and him played with where the pieces moved by themselves and at the end of Sorcerer’s Stone they encountered a life-size version. Arthur also had a chess board where the pieces could move all by themselves. The Mirror of King Rhyence was Merlin’s mirror where the person looking at the mirror will see whatever they wish. Harry stumbled upon the mirror of erised which showed you what you want most in the world. Harry and King Arthur both have enemies named Lucius as well. Throughout all the similarities between the two characters makes both stories very interesting. There aren’t just similarities between

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