Dragon Slayers: Heroes Of The 13th Century

Have you ever thought about people who need help in your community and ways you could help? In Aniak, Alaska, there was a need in the medical field because the town only had one doctor. A team of teenagers saw this need and decided they could do something about it and formed a team called the Dragon Slayers. On the other side of the country, Cassandra saw a different kind of need in her community. Because of harsh Rhode Island winters, fuel for heating homes is really important. She and her friends learned about biodiesel and how it could help her community. In the two articles, Defeating Dragons and Food That Fuels, young people saw community needs and helped bring positive change in unique ways.

As humans, we all possess great qualities. We develop memories that we can cherish forever. Hopes and dreams help us strive to do great things. However, we all have our demons that we all tend to conceal. The famous poem “Beowulf” is renowned for the battles against Beowulf and many monsters. The battles in the poem pose as metaphorical battles. Beowulf defeating the monsters represent him trying to overcome his demons. The last battle was between him and a dragon. To the reader’s surprise, he lost the battle. The dragon represents Beowulf’s greatest demon. Despite the dragons that Beowulf faced that are external, my dragons are more internal.

entertainment. There are many precedents for dragons in medieval literature, two of the most prominent

It is an admirable and intelligent creature with some fascinating characteristics, beyond what we are allowed to glimpse in fairy tales and legends. The dragon has often been misunderstood, persecuted and hounded simply because it is different. Like so many other living beings, it has suffered death at the hands of “civilized”

As the Anglo-Saxons slowly converted into Christianity, there has been many ministerial qualities that each monster in Beowulf represents. The dragon, the most symbolic of three monsters, conveys three out of the seven deadly sins. It represents wrath, greed, and pride due to its selfish nature in hoarding all the treasure in which it takes a satisfaction to. The dragon was the most symbolic foe that Beowulf faced.

The 13th Warrior a 1999 fantasy film produced by Touchtone Pictures, is based on the book Eater of the Dead by Michael Crichton. This film has quite a few similarities and differences when it is compared to the epic poem of Beowulf. The 13th Warrior is about a group of heroes around the 10th century, who were summoned to the Northmen lands to stop some inhuman monsters (0:00:42) and Beowulf written in the 8th century, is also about a hero summoned to the Northmen lands to stop some inhuman monsters. In the film, it follows thirteen men and their struggles to fight off the monsters, but in the poem even though Beowulf had the help of fourteen Danes, it was mainly about Beowulf’s trials and successes. The film’s story changes the arrangement of the poem’s plot, but the central idea is predominant in both works, which is the need for an epic hero to save the peoples from supernatural monsters. The characters in both the film and the epic poem, are presented with different names, motives, and appearances. The 13th Warrior and the poem Beowulf have similarities and differences that are shown through its characters, plot, and central idea.

The heroic code has conflicts with the views of Christianity because the heroic code is filled with hubris. A hero that has hubris is a hero who’s pride gets in their way. This is what Beowulf’s downfall is when it comes to him being an epic hero. Therefore, the heroic code is controversial due to the Christian influences that are put on Beowulf. An example of Beowulf’s pride is on lines 1758 - 1760. The lines state “O flower of warriors, be aware of that trap. Choose, dear Beowulf, the better part, Eternal rewards. “Do not give away to pride.” Another example of Beowulf’s pride is on line numbers 958 - 961 when Beowulf talks about defeating Grendel, which says “If you could have seen the monster himself Where he lay beaten, I would have been better pleased.” Beowulf is so prideful about defeating Grendel, that even he thinks everybody should admire what he’s done to achieve victory the same way he does. The intended purpose of the text was altered because of the pagan influences in the text. As shown in the poem regarding a pagan influence it says, “so must a man do a man who intends doing glory in combat. Life doesn’t cost him a thought.” This quote shows the arrogance of Beowulf and how he believes that it’s more honorable to defeat Grendel. Another example of a Pagan influence in the poem is towards the beginning where it says, Sometimes at Pagan shrines they vowed Offering to idols./, swore oaths That the killer of souls might come to their aid And save the people.

Raised in the traditional manner of Dragonborns, Drax was trained in combat from a young age. Loyalty to clan and family were second only to the gods in his village. It was this devotion that drove him to join the local Draconic church as an acolyte when he became of age.

The largest obstacle I have overcome is the process of getting a driver’s license. It requires dedication, hard work and time to successfully complete each step of the process. I overcame the process of getting a driver’s license by taking a test to acquire a learner’s permit, taking a full semester of driver’s education, and then completing the behind the wheel course.

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

Once upon a time, in a dark misty cave, there slept a dragon guarding a vast glimmering treasure. One day, somebody stole a massive embellished golden goblet. The dragon, awoken from his interminable hibernation by the sounds of the thief, became enraged over his loss. Thus he swooped down to the villages smothering everything with his breath of fire. The king, Beowulf, who was melancholy during this tragic time, resolved to stop this fatal beast. He arrived at the fetid cave and challenged the beast to approach him. Then the battle began, the dragon spewed and Beowulf brandished, the dragon pounced and Beowulf’s sword broke, the dragon grabbed and Beowulf yelled. Thankfully a curios boy came to the rescue and stabbed the dragon until he released

The story of Beowulf gave me a great impact because it was a story of a mighty hero who can’t resist the beauty of a woman who turn into hideous creature. As a story started when the monster named Grendel attack the kingdom of king Hrothgar then Beowulf when to that place and kill the monster, as a reward he become a king and married with a beautiful queen. But the straggle starts when the son Beowulf from the monster appear. Beowulf was also the one who kill his own son but the sad story was Beowulf killed in the end.

Once upon a time…That is how most fairy tales begin, and mine is no different. What is different , though, is the perspective. What if the story was not narrated by the winners? What if the story was told by the very dangerous dragon? Surely it would be a whole different story, and that is exactly what I have done. My whole project goes around the idea that the antagonist is in fact the good one of the story; the victim.

Other day in the field for Hades, a sheep farmer who also works hard at his father’s job which is a blacksmith. He is 21 years old and he lives alone plus he is shy so he does not have that many friends. When he was walking to the market he heard some people saying that a rumor that said that there was a dragon burning down villages like his own. He is very concerned about his village being burned down he wants to do something about it. But he is very scared about it so he want a knight to defeat it or just someone. His greatest fear is something that is not very common is fire.

I have chosen the constellation Draco, the dragon, as my favorite constellation. Draco is my favorite constellation because I adore dragons. Draco is the eighth largest constellation, measured at 1083 square degrees, and is nine of its stars have known planets. Draco’s brightest star is Draconis, and its one meteor shower is known as Draconids.