The loud clunk of swords was all you could hear from the mile away. Brutal screams are deafening as a small family watches from a distance. Although samurai and knights seem very different, they were mostly alike. Their armour and format in which they did tasks/practices was also indistinguishable from each other. Many individuals think that samurai and knights were very different, but this is simply not accurate. Two crucial similarities between the knights and samurai was that they made alluring paintings and poetry, along with promises that they arranged before their death.

First of all, both samurai and knights made the beautiful poetry and splendid artwork that people today may see in museums currently. As located in Document F, Samurai Death Poem, is about how one samurai discussed how short a lifespan really is. Also found in the same document, A Knight’s Death, it talks about how they wish they could have more time on Earth. They both have made different points in their poetry, but they came up with the same message. Both samurai and knights wanted to send a signal through the paintings that they created. A majority of the art was about life and landscapes. Art was an escape away from the battlefield, they could just simply …show more content…
As located in Document E, Codes of Honor, it states, “...to prove themselves worthy…by strong, brave, courteous, and loyal.” This discusses how to prove themselves “worthy” they had to make a promise to the person that they looked up to. This was important to them and they made sure that they needed to write these before they died. If they died before they wrote them it would be a problem, for their afterlife would have no purpose. Their lives were meant to serve a purpose, so this was very curtal. They would need to be forgiven for any sins that they may have committed. If any sins were made on Earth, they would be forgiven and proud to