However, the role of women within epic tale is used as support to further inflate the epic quality of the male heroes. Penelope is initially introduced “all in tears,” which immediately identifies her character as weak because she is crying and carrying on in public (1:336). It is clear that…
chivalry exemplified in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In placing urgency on the preservation of physical entities that could attest to Beowulf’s feats, Beowulf’s speech highlights the importance of reputation in a Beowulfian interpretation of a hero’s honor. In the event of his death, Beowulf asks for Hrothgar to “take care of [Beowulf’s] young company, [his]…
supporting your decisions? For most people, the answers for all the previous questions are negative, but that is not the case for the heroes of Homer’s Iliad. Homer’s Iliad is an epic tale of the Achaean/Greek army as they attack the Trojan city of Troy. Throughout the tale, the plot is driving by Homer’s tragic vision of a hero’s life. Homer creates his vision with consideration for human virtue and the intervention of divine powers. While intervention of divine powers play a major role in the plot, they…