Epic of Beowulf Essay

    There is considerable debate as to whether the poem Beowulf is an epic narrative poem or an heroic elegy, a poem celebrating the fantastic achievements of its great hero, and also expressing sorrow or lamentation for the hero’s unfortunate death. This essay intends to show that the poem is an heroic elegy.

Every piece of literature has some sort of structure, or else there would be no poems, stories, essays, etc. One of the earliest known pieces of English literature was the epic poem Beowulf. In the epic poem Beowulf, the hero in the poem, Beowulf, goes on a journey to the land of the Danes. Beowulf travels to the land of the Danes in response to the recent terror attacks from a terrifying monster named Grendel. Upon arrival, the Danes fear that Beowulf and his party are there to attack the Danes. However, they are there to defeat Grendel, who has been terrorizing Herot Hall for twelve years. The Danes king, Hrothgar, gladly welcomes Beowulf and fully supports Beowulf

       From 1805 until the present there have been introduced an abundance of paraphrases, translations, adaptations, summaries, versions and illustrations of Beowulf in modern English and in foreign languages due mostly to two reasons: the desire to make the poem accessible, and the desire to read the exotic (Osborn 341). It is the purpose of this essay to present a brief history of this development of the popularity of the poem and then compare some of the translations with respect to some more difficult passages in the poem Beowulf.

Monsters, their mothers, and dragons! The epic poem Beowulf, author unknown, includes all these mystical creatures and an impervious protagonist after which the poem is named. As the main character in the poem, Beowulf exemplifies the heroic archetype physically, spiritually, and ethically.

Have you ever been inside a real man’s home? There are no pizza boxes sitting around, there are no undershirts on the floor, and there sure arent any unpaid bills being used as beer coasters. No one can master his professional or personal life if he isn’t already the master of his own home; meaning the term lazy doesn't exist (Am i a man article sec 2 ) . The word can't is one that will never be used. Waiting for the next blessing to be handed to him will never happen because a real man believes in working for everything that he owns or set his mind to own in his near or prolonged future. Being satisfied with just money isn't on his mind because he truly know that it's more to life than just money. If luck is sent his way he will then feel

There are many metaphors for Beowulf’s sword, weapon, his hilt battle flame, the edge, his rare treasure, spiral patterned, precious in it class, shift and skel-edged all are references to his sword.

The story I just read to you was King Hrothgars description of Grendel’s mothers Mere. He said nothing about her. Nothing at all. However, this is all Beowulf needs to know. This exposition about the

Beowulf is an epic poem. Why? Because (1) it is a long narrative work that relates the adventures of a great hero and (2) it reflects the values of the Anglo-Saxon society in which it was written prior to 1000AD.

The Story of Beowulf is the first epic to be written in English language. Originally it had only been told and recited orally. Until a few hundred years a monk decided to write down the epic. The story of Beowulf becomes more involved with christian beliefs after it gets written down.

Mythology and Beowulf has illuminated parts of my life in the form of movies. The Mythology behind these movies who make me who I am is such a significant part of my life. My depression is a part of my life I don’t like to show others, but movies allow me to escape the pain I suffer in my mundane life. I especially love movies with rich mythologies, like Star Wars and Harry Potter. I think stories with a rich mythology allow me to escape even more than your average movie, because the wealth of knowledge needed to fully understand the history of the world you are in. I think the depth involved with these types of stories is what allows me to feel all the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders. For me the direct correlation is that stories involving a mythology illuminate relief and happiness in my life. A recent example is the new film Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them, they took the life of an author of a textbook that Harry Potter was required to read as a first year and they are turning it into a five film franchise. The written and screen mythology of Harry Potter is so in-depth that they took such a minute character and are creating this story around him, and it feels very genuine to the old stories and entirely new at the same time. These instances are when it makes me feel so great

In the great anonymous literary epic, the titular Beowulf travels above and beyond expectations of a run-of-the-mill hero. Outstanding courage, fierce loyalty, unshakable honor, and unnatural strength are all present to ridiculous degrees. The idiosyncrasies of his personality might seem odd to a person of the modern-day, but they are all explained easily by Anglo-Saxon culture. To them, these traits were to be valued above all things.

Beowulf is an epic poem believed to be written during the Anglo-Saxon period around 750 AD, however the author of the work is unknown. It was written in the Wessex dialect, the standard literary language of Anglo-Saxon England. In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geatland, aids Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, by defeating a monster named Grendel who has been terrorizing the king’s land. Grendel’s mother then seeks revenge and attempts to end Beowulf, but fails when the warrior slays her with a sword. Beowulf returns home and becomes king of the Geats. Fifty years later, in defense of his people, he battles a dragon that had been stealing treasure and was angered by a slave that had stolen from his lair. However, this last battle is difficult

In the Old English poem, “Beowulf”, one was shown valiance, bravery, and sacrifice. It is debatable on the fact if Beowulf in an epic poem, or not. After reading “Beowulf”, one can argue that it is an epic because of its characters, the way it’s written, and the story.

Structure is a grand part of life and it is seen everywhere in this world. There is structure when it comes to building anything that the builder wishes to last. When most people think of structure they mainly think of Buildings, like the pyramids and old houses. In fact, that is what think of when I hear the word structure, but the fact is other things can also have structure. One of these other things can be books or even poems. Lots of epic poems have and rely heavily on their structure to prove a point or give a message to the reader. The Beowulf epic has its own form of structure. The poem being broken up into three parts with a monster that Beowulf fights in each

   Brian Wilkie and James Hurt in Literature of the Western World discuss what is perhaps the overriding or central conflict in the poem Beowulf, namely the struggle between good and evil, and how the monsters are representative of the evil side: