Beowulf Book Vs Movie

Movies and books are never the exact same, sometimes even the whole plot is changed around. In the book Beowulf the plot, characters, and setting are a lot different than they are when the movie was created. If a person watched the movie before they read the book, it may be totally confusing to read. In the book, Beowulf shows up and plans to fight with his men, then leaves to go back to his own kingdom. In the movie Beowulf, Beowulf ends up staying and becoming king of Dane Land.

The first example of the similarities and differences between the poem and the movie is the representation of religion. For example, both the movie and the poem of Beowulf included Christianity and Paganism. However, in the movie it was more about the Pagan religion, trying to make Christianity look bad. As an example, in one scenes of the movie, Beowulf says the Christianity killed the time of all heros. On the other hand, in the Beowulf poem, Beowulf is compared to the gods of Christianity. For example, in the passage The Battle With Grendel the scop describes “... Now he discovered- once the afflictor of

Likewise, the difference was gold. In the book Beowulf was rich. Back in those days when you were pouring with gold you were a good warrior. A good warrior could pay for a good army to win fights. In the book gold was not important, it was about Glory.

There was many similarities from Beowulf the book and Beowulf the movie , but there was also many differences. One of the similarities is that the watchman Greets Beowulf. There was more differences than similarities like in the book it said beowulf ripped his arm off but in the movie it was squeezed off . The similarities in the book and the movie is that Grendel died and beowulf killed him .

Beowulf is one hell of an adventure. Slaying demons and dragons and even evil dark queens. But the movie compared to the epic is very different. In the movie, instead of Grendel attacking at night, he attacked while people had been awake just to add more adventure in the movie, but also, Beowulf is not entirely honest in the movie like he is in the epic. An example of this shows when he is slaying Grendel, he takes off all of his armor and clothes to give this naked, weaponless demon a fighting chance. Yes, Beowulf put up an intense fight with his demon to kill him, but Beowulf ended up killing him with the door of the room and taking the demon’s arm off with it. This is considered using a weapon, but making Beowulf kill the demon with the door gave him a chance to add more of the adventure to the story when he gives his “I am Beowulf” speech to the demon while the demon’s arm is in the door, defenseless. Also, in the movie they add pathos to the story line by showing after Beowulf left the island to go back to Geatsland, Hrothgar kills himself instead of just

The details in the book versus the movie vary in several different ways. The storyline of the movie is almost completely different than the book. Beowulf, as depicted in the movie, is much less strong than the Beowulf that is described in the book. The film shows an immortal “She Wolf.” The monster in the book is descended from evil; however, the monsters shown in the film are descended from the Kings themselves.

In an enchanting kingdom, filled with creatures of all kinds, your friends and family, who fight for their life, and protect their people. Both the movie and poem beowulf is considered a mighty king who goes out and slays the monsters. He even traveled across the sea to hrothgar’s kingdom to defeat grendel, a flesh eating monster. But after several years of fighting monsters the king finally dies, and this is where the similarities and differences take place.

The poem and movie had many key differences but also had a plethora of subtle changes that people probably didn't notice. One major difference I noticed was that the queen played a bit more of an important role in the movie, If I can recall correctly she spoke maybe a few words and that was it. The King Hrothgar also might have been relatively the same age in the movie than he was in the poem, the characters changed a lot in the movie than they were in the poem such as beowulf being interested in the queen and him submission to grendel's mother, grendel's mother was not a monster that beowulf ended up fighting which was a major surprise to those who were familiar with the poem. The majority of grendel's encounters were during the night which wasn't a difference however they were not quite or while the men were asleep they were during the party.

Beowulf is portrayed as a hero-figure, though a less-than-ideal leader, since his warrior-like tendencies and habits follow him. Conversely, the movie Beowulf portrays our hero as more of an anti-hero. By its very nature, Beowulf is an epic hero, but I do not think that the movie does not portray him as such a hero compared to the original translation, because it has an entirely different storyline. If anything, the movie portrays Beowulf as a weak person, easily swooned by the beauty of Grendel’s mother. The movie and the book differ in several key ways, including his relationship with the kingdom and his villains. Even though the general plot is the same, when you really take a deep look at the differences, Beowulf’s movie ceases to be a version of Beowulf anymore, but rather an entirely new story about the same person.

The film Beowulf had its similarities and differences to the Poem. To begin with, Grendel’s appearance was unexpected in the film. The epic made him out to be a massive monster that could grab multiple men in one hand, but in the film he was much smaller than expected. Grendel looked more of a human than a monster, being able to talk and function just as a human. The poem describes Beowulf ripping of Grendel's arm with his bare hands, although his arm was pulled off with a door and chain in the film.

Given these similarities, there is one big difference. In the movie, one theme that I picked up on was the theme of history repeating itself. This was portrayed in the movie when Beowulf was seduced by Grendel’s mom. Beowulf had followed in the footsteps of Hrothgar who had also committed the same sinful act. At the end of the movie Higlac, the new king, seems Grendel’s mom out in the open ocean and lures him in, this further alludes to the theme history repeating itself.

Still, those are the differences between the book and the movie versions. That’s what makes the movie so realistic and the book is just thrilled and boring. The lies that Beowulf tells in the movie is the reason. Also his decisions in the movie, such as the setting, Grendel’s head, and Grendel’s mother. Beowulf is like a different character in the book. However, he still plays his role both in the movie and the

characters were portrayed a little differently. The film has things not explained in the book, for example, Grendel's mother is described as a monster in the poem, in the film she is looked upon as beauty that performs miracles. In the poem Grendel lives with his mother and they have an affair, in the film, Grendel's mother wants Beowulf to come back to her. In the film, Beowulf is the father of the dragon that burns down the village. Grendel’s mother is a siren, who tries to reel beowulf and Hrothgar in to keep the evil alive.

The poem Beowulf, written by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet and the movie script, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. The story is about a Man named Beowulf, who becomes a hero to his town Heorot, by defeating a monster named Grendel. He is later named King of Geats, because of his braveness and loyalty to his people. After about fifty years of ruling, a dragon threatens the town’s people. Beowulf and his servant, Wiglaf, set off to defeat this dragon. While he did succeed to kill it, sadly Beowulf dies in the process. In the poem versus the movie, Beowulf shows different character traits throughout the story. Heroism, loyalty, and bravery all differ from the poem to the movie. The audience will perceive Beowulf as a completely different person if only looking at one of the two pieces.

The dragon is a villainous monster that was destroying Beowulf's home town. Beowulf chooses to attack the monster and it cost him his life. Beowulf has to fight all these evils. With all the fights beowulf uses his great qualities to defeat all that is evil. One after the other Beowulf destroys each one.