How Is Beowulf Alike

In the text, we see that Beowulf is not yet a king, but, a king to come. He is not quick to react without thinking. Beowulf ordered his boat, picked out his men. A Saviour hero, thanking God after sailing. In the film, the heathen of gods was good, but Christ Jesus was bad.

Despite the hero-villain representation usually seen in the fantasies of modern day culture, real heroes and monsters remain today. When defining the terms ‘hero’ and monster’ people often imagine made-up characters. Because of this, the view of a hero or monster in a real-world sense might seem absurd, however, looking at people who have risked their lives, or devastated the world proves their existence. Similarities between the heroes and monsters of today and those found in poetry centuries ago exemplifies how they still exist. In the epic poem Beowulf, characters Beowulf and Grendel represent the ideals of a hero and monster. Their qualities of courage and envy parallel with that of some of the most significant people today. De Vigny

The story of Beowulf is a heroic epic, chronicling the distinguished deeds of the great Geatish warrior, Beowulf, who travels across the seas to rid the Danes of the evil monster Grendel, who has been inflicting destruction and terrorizing the kingdom. Beowulf is glorified for his heroic deeds of ridding the land fiendish monsters and stopping the scourge of evil, while the monster, Grendel, is portrayed as a repugnant creature who deserves death for its evil actions. However, many have disagreed with such a simplistic and biased representation of Grendel and his role in the epic poem. John Gardner in his book, Grendel, sets out to change the reader’s perception of Grendel and his role in Beowulf by narrating the story through Grendel’s point of view. John Gardner transforms Grendel, once perceived as an evil fiend in Beowulf, into a lonely but intelligent outcast who is actually quite similar to humans, due to his intelligence capacity for rational thought and his real, and at times irrational emotions. Gardner portrays Grendel as a hurt individual and as a victim of oppression, ostracized from civilization. Although the two works revolve around the same basic plot,, the themes and characters in Beowulf and Grendel are often different and sometimes contradictory.

Despite the popular depiction, not all heroes wear capes. Modern day media has shaped the most well-known heroes to be Superheroes. Children grow up on heroes like Batman, Superman, and Spider-man, aspiring to save the world someday just like them. However, they fail to realize that not every hero has a uniformed suit or theme music. Some heroic figures perform courageous acts within the surrounding darkness rather than directly in the spotlight itself. The character Hassan from the novel The Kite Runner is an example of hero who does not outwardly reveal his gallant actions. On the other hand, Beowulf from the epic poem Beowulf is exactly what a hero is stereotypically known as. Both characters are classified as heroes; however, both of their actions differ to fit the classification. Hassan from The Kite Runner and Beowulf from Beowulf are both courageous, sacrificed an aspect of themselves, and made things easier for others, which displays their heroism even though their actions are performed differently

You probably never thought about it, but epic and contemporary heroes can contain similar qualities and characteristics, for example Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games and Beowulf from Beowulf. Authors may be trying to bring back old tales of heroism into up and coming generations. After carefully contemplating the abundance of courage, bravery, and leadership portrayed by both Katniss Everdeen from the book the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Carolyn McCormick and Beowulf from the epic poem Beowulf by Unknown. It is shown that both characters identify with the same core values of what it truly means to be a hero.

Beowulf is one of the oldest poems in history, it was originally written in Anglo-Saxon, and it was told orally with many literary devices so it could be remembered throughout generations. It shows what their society was based on back in the Anglo-Saxon era. Although throughout history the poem has been changed to fit our modern day society. For example, having different values and morals and how we look at religion has all changed. In the Beowulf poem and movie there are many similarities and differences in Religion, Characterization, and Morals it highlights the value and beliefs of each society.

Perspective plays one of the most important roles in literature due to the drastic shifts between the meaning of who is the real antagonist, profoundly portrayed in the epic Beowulf and the novel Grendel. The first major piece of English literature, Beowulf, was narrated through the perspective of the poet, experiencing his surroundings by following Beowulf’s adventures in the third person. Beowulf signifies the heroic code as the reader is provided with little background and history on Grendel, as well as a small scale of information for Grendel’s motivation. The modern novel Grendel shifts the point of view to a new rendition of Grendel, which also shifts the focus of the story from the battles to the relationships of characters and their philosophy. The third-person perspective of the epic Beowulf and the first-person perspective of the novel Grendel both serve as a lens through which the reader sees two drastically different interpretations of the same story. In Beowulf, the titular Beowulf is the hero and protagonist while in Grendel, the traditional antagonist, Grendel, is the protagonist and Beowulf is the antagonist.

King Arthur and Beowulf are both heroes in their stories which causes them to have many similarities in their traits but, they have differences in their traits as well. Arthur and Beowulf are both courageous leaders. They fight fearlessly for themselves and their people in battle. A difference between Arthur and Beowulf is their ability to depend on others. Arthur depends on others many times in The Once and Future King while Beowulf depends only on himself in Beowulf. Despite the differences, Beowulf and Arthur still have many things in common such as their wisdom. Both men are wise and make incisive decisions in battle and in leading. Their wisdom on the battlefield is a heroic trait that both men possess. Another heroic trait that they share is their courageousness.

Both the epic poem Beowulf and the novel Grendel depict the same storyline, but from different point of views. Grendel’s personality tends to be much more evil than he himself depicts in the novel. Since Grendel is the narrator of the novel, the audience only gets to know what the story is like from his point of view, which he stretches the truth on numerous occasions. But, in Beowulf, the poem has a narrator and is in the third person omniscient, this means the audience knows how all the characters and feeling, thinking, or saying. Also, the theme nature vs. nurture appears a lot in Grendel which means his viewpoints on certain things are either

This essay is going to be comparing how the character Beowulf and Roy Hobbs are alike and different. Statistics show that there is a lot of similarities between these two reads and both a great example of an Epic Hero archetype. They both show strong characteristics of a Epic Hero but are different people in general and their goals or priorities in what they are trying to accomplish are completely different.

Heroes, from Beowulf to Superman our cultures have always created heroes. We may always have political, social, economic and religious differences, but at the end of the day we all have one thing in common, heroes. They help define who we are and what we want to be. They give us hope and inspire us to head in the right direction. They show us that good will always triumph over evil and that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Heroes give us the inspiration we need to overcome problems in our own lives and that is why we create them. Beowulf perfectly embodies the idea of a hero. He defeats the evil Grendel and his mother, slays the dragon and saves his people. He is

Lastly, Beowulf and Sir Gawain realize their flaws and frailty for what makes them unique and relevant to their respective civilization. Beowulf grows up in a distinct civilized society, where he can easily develops common flaws that human beings unconsciously expose to. For the following quote, he willingly abandons an entire kingdom without an heir; he respects his heroic feats above anything else due to the aspects that his respective society imposes on him. He declares, “Yet there was no way the weakened nation/ could get Beowulf to give in and agree/ to be elevated over Heardred as his lord/ or to undertake the office of kingship” (“Beowulf” 2373-2376). The quote indicates how Beowulf establishes a flaw of honoring his own unique attributes instead of

Beowulf also came from royal families. Hrethel is King of Geatland and Beowulf's mother's father, his maternal grandfather. Though Beowulf's mother is never named in the epic, we know she was Hrethel's daughter. Hrethel has four children, three sons Hygelac, Herebeald, and Haethycn and Beowulf's mother. His oldest son follows him as king. Hygelac is king of the Geats during Beowulf's time, and Beowulf's uncle. He is the oldest son of Hrethel. Hygelac married Hygd and they have a son named Heardred, who becomes king of Geatland when Hygelac dies. Though Hygd offers the crown to Beowulf, he declines to his cousin Heardred, saying the son of Hygelac should be king. Heardred took the throne that Beowulf refused. Unfortunately, he was killed in

1) Stories like Beowulf and the Iliad seem hard to believe, far-fetched, and exaggerated even though they can relate to a culture’s past. Even so, both stories have great examples of fighting, victory, and glory. Beowulf and Achilles are both powerful royal males who are the subjects of important epic poems. Beowulf is the focal point of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem that bears his name, whereas Achilles is the focal point of Homer's Iliad. One of the best way to remember someone is because that person was unique or completely different to the others, that was what great warriors as Achilles and Beowulf did.

To start, Beowulf and Sir Gawain have moral characteristics in their own way. Beowulf was a mercenary, he fought and died for his people all to defeat evil creatures and save his troops. Sir Gawain dealt with a code of conduct that he had to live by, Sir Gawain was not involved in too many battles, while Beowulf was in blown out war. While Sir Gawain are both examples of moral characters, Beowulf is portrayed as a warrior while Sir Gawain is portrayed as a more progressive