Beowulf As An Epic Hero

An epic poem can be written and translated in numerous ways. When focusing someone's perspective in the main hero of the poem they come to the understanding of the physical and non-physical attributes of the character. For example, when concentrating in the poem Beowulf, many of the readers contribute to the idea of Beowulf being a strong and brave character. Furthermore, the claim here is not to understand the reader's perspective in Beowulf’s physical body, but to understand that being a hero does not have to include a strong body when the community around us face stronger struggles that include spirituality, economy, and personal battles, that are not fought with a physical sword at hand. In the poem Beowulf, Beowulf has a series of struggles …show more content…
It has always been the fruit to a foundation of a better world even when going back to the ancient world. Likewise spirituality, economy build concepts that are composed of money, taxation, and even social power. For example, when putting the one percent people on our list, people around come to the understanding that they seem and tend to have more power over the ninety-nine percent. This concept economically and money wise presents the idea of the one percent owning ninety-nine percent of the money. Depressingly in today's world people tend to measure money as social power and achievements, similarly as Beowulf in the poem. Heaney says, “Beowulf with a gold standard as a victory gift, an embroidered banner; also breast-mail and a helmet; and a sword carried high” (69). This quote is achieved after Beowulf is successfully able to defeat Grendel and rip his arm off. The lavishes Beowulf receives after gruesomely killing Grendel can symbolize the idea of him being a high status person economically and stand on top of everyone else. As the people around live their everyday life , humans tend to know who has higher power of who does not if observed carefully. Today in this era it is common in a high status person fancies a expensive restaurant rather then a McDonalds down the street. For example in the poem Beowulf Heaney states, “ The king himself would sit down and feast” (67) This defining the idea of …show more content…
Some problems may be more conflicted then others but seem to be as difficult to solve. If we look around today people might have minor problems that are equivalent to the cut of a paper cut or as enormous as the next explosions of a nuclear bomb. That being said, the reason for people seeing the problem hard to solve even if it is a minor is because people tend to see problems a different way. In Beowulf, one of his personal problems has to do with the fact that he loses a swimming match. To Beowulf losing a match connects to a gigantic problem due to the fact that he is the center of attention and is not adapted to the idea of losing. In today's world losing a swimming match cannot compete to the problems outside the swimming arena. Of course in the poem, Beowulf likewise consist of major problems. One of Beowulf’s major problems is the loss of his dad and him being thrown to glory. Heaney states, “Shield was still thriving when his time came and he crossed over into the lords keeping” (26-27). This giving an understanding that losing a loved one is difficult and hard. To this day there is people out their involve themselves to addicting behaviors when not knowing how to resolve a problem. Later on Beowulf is thrown into glory. The poem quotes, “Wisest of kings, now that I have come” (1477). Beyond any doubt the lesson learned here is that every single person around this planet takes problem