... the feats of a traditional hero. Throughout history epics such as Beowulf have been well known. Directors have been known to take qualities of an epic and place them in movies such as Braveheart in order to express the theme. In Terry Gillian's film, The Fisher King, he uses certain characteristics of an epic ... be supernatural intervention. Yet it is actually no more than a cup given to someone for winning a contest, proven by the inscriptionGiven for recognition of? found on the cup. The Holy Grail actually only represents true friendship with no strings because Jack is risking everyt...

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