Essay on Anglo-Saxon Values

Thesis: In Beowulf the poem they value their leaders just like most nations do today. The Anglo Saxons look up to their leaders, so they want their leaders to have respectable values. Leaders are strong, loyal, and brave. Citizen look up to their leaders, presidents, parents, friends. Everyone has values as well, that's what makes them who they are. The Anglo Saxons wrote Beowulf to let it be known that, that's what they want to see in a leader. Topic sentence: Leaders are ones that are most likely

Anglo-Saxon Values that still hold true Today. What are values? Values are things which are important to one, and will determine one’s priorities. During the Anglo-Saxon era, there were values which remain the same till this day. Loyalty and courage play a big -roll in today’s values, as much as it did during the Anglo – Saxon time. One of the Anglo- Saxon values still holding true today will have to be loyalty. One might wonder, what exactly is loyalty? Loyalty is being faithful to something

Anglo-Saxon literature passes along history and values of the time through spoken verse and incantations. Many cultural values are respected by the Anglo-Saxons through different epics and elegies. In the epic Beowulf and the elegies “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer” these values and characteristics are prominently shown. In Anglo-Saxon literature the three main cultural values of justice, bravery, and loyalty are admired and respected. Through the epic Beowulf the characteristic of justice, which

depict him as a man who would go to extreme lengths to accumulate fame. While creating a legend for himself, Beowulf and other characters within the poem reveal several values of the Anglo-Saxons. These values include their belief in boasting, revenge, and loyalty. Who wants to be forgotten after death? Clearly not the Anglo-Saxons who believed that all that remained of a person was his fame. This belief explains the outrageous boasting the characters within Beowulf do. When Beowulf arrives in

Throughout the Anglo-Saxon and Middle Age periods the main characters always had a similar established value; honor. This value is prominent in Beowulf, “The Seafarer”, and The Canterbury Tales. Each of the main characters portray honor either to himself, his followers, his king, and/or his God. These poems are the different aspects of honor intertwined together to form the most prevailing value during this time frame.      Beowulf is a story of a brave warrior who fights

Endless quests for valor, constant battles for glory, and a continued dedication to the king is a common theme throughout Anglo-Saxon literature, but why? Reflecting on the history of literature, leading up to today, divulges a surprisingly conspicuous undertone of all written works. Literature is often influenced by and reflects the time in which it was written. After all; writers are human, and the human instinct to adapt to one’s environment often manifests itself in written works. There are many

American Society vs. Anglo Saxon Society The Anglo-Saxons held several different values than what we do today. Some people say they would have fit in better back in those days. However if you look at some of the things the American culture values today, you will see some similar values. Comparing Beowulf to our modern day values several things can be compared and contrasted. Anglo- Saxons are notorious for valuing Bravery. For example when Beowulf shows up to Hrothgar’s kingdom all he has to say

by an Anglo-Saxon poet. Since Beowulf originated

History has shown that during the Anglo- Saxon time period, the ideals and values of the people were very important to them. The Anglo- Saxons were a people that inhabited modern day Britain. They migrated from the western part of the continent of Europe to Britain during the 5th century. The time period that Anglo- Saxon people inhabited Britain became known as the Anglo- Saxon period in English history. This period lasted between 500- 1066 AD. During this time period, stories had not yet begun

long formal speeches and travels over a vast setting. In the epic poem, Beowulf, the reader can see distinct Anglo-Saxon political, economic, and religious values in the actions of the characters and the things happening around them. Wealth in the Anglo-Saxon society, as seen in Beowulf, was used as a means of reparations, rewards, and political standings. One can also tell that the Anglo-Saxons where in a state of limbo between Christian and Pagan beliefs because of the ideas expressed by the hero and