Moon Knight: How Powerful Arthur Harrow Is Compared To Scarlet Witch
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Moon Knight episode 1.
Arthur Harrow in Moon Knight, as portrayed by Ethan Hawke, has impressive magical powers, but how does he compare to Scarlet Witch? Moon Knight's first episode «The Goldfish Problem» outlined the conflict between Steven Grant/Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) and Arthur Harrow, and the connection the two characters have with the Ennead, the Egyptian pantheon of gods. Arthur Harrow is a David Koresh-esque cult leader serving Ammit, the Egyptian goddess who is sometimes called the Devourer of the Deadfor her role in weighing and eating the impure hearts of those in the underworld. She determines who passes into the Field of Reeds, known as A'Aru, to see the god Osiris.
It's important to distinguish between Arthur Harrow from the comics and from the MCU show, for he is completely devoid of supernatural powers in the comic books. Scarlet Witch has the opposite situation, for her comics and MCU versions are both magical. Her origin story and powers have been repeatedly retconned in the comics, yet a similarity that her comic and MCU iterations share is the powerfully chaotic, reality-shaping nature of her abilities. For the sake of creating a fairer analysis and taking a counterpart with more consistent material, it's best to compare Ethan Hawke's Arthur Harrow with the MCU's version of Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen).
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There are factors to consider when comparing these characters: their level of control, their ability to change reality, and their powers' range. Arthur Harrow's powers are provided to him by an Egyptian goddess capable of seeing the past, present, and future of someone's life and killing
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