Achilles and Beowulf’s hero’s journey and value of their culture
Archetypal heroes have been seen in many stories and tales such as Star Wars, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Spiderman, Shazam!, and even Eastern stories such as Dragon Ball Z, and One Piece. But the idea that is the most renowned is Beowulf and The Iliad written by Homer. Beowulf features the protagonist Beowulf, who goes through the trials and tribulations of an archetypal hero. The Iliad features a plethora of characters but the main focus is directed toward Achilles. Achilles also goes through the archetypal hero cycle, but a little bit differently. The idea of an archetypal hero is someone who goes through a series of steps from their beginning, to meeting their mentor, to the eventual climax or ordeal. After that series of steps they then redeem themselves and conquer what they didn’t originally.
For Beowulf, The hero’s journey starts for him at a young age. Beowulf had a lot of clout and brave attributes to himself. He embraces his call to adventure when Herorot, the Mead-Hall, gets attacked by Grendel, who is a monster. After Grendel wreaks havoc on Herorot, killing 30 soldiers, Beowulf travels from Sweden to take on Grendel …show more content…
To begin with, it showed how big of an impact Greek Gods had for the Greek culture. At the time, the Greeks believed that if they were to do bad at certain things, they would be punished by Gods and Goddesses such as Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, and many others. During this time, the Greek culture had a somewhat sexist view of women by making them a tool for bragging or respect. For example, Chryseis is looked at as a “war prize” more than an individual. The same goes for Brisies as she is labeled with the same title as a prize. They also put a lot of their trust into fate. It shows when it is explained that Gods have pure control over the human mind state and the result of fate was left for the gods to
Archetypal heroes have been seen in many stories and tales such as Star Wars, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Spiderman, Shazam!, and even Eastern stories such as Dragon Ball Z, and One Piece. But the idea that is the most renowned is Beowulf and The Iliad written by Homer. Beowulf features the protagonist Beowulf, who goes through the trials and tribulations of an archetypal hero. The Iliad features a plethora of characters but the main focus is directed toward Achilles. Achilles also goes through the archetypal hero cycle, but a little bit differently. The idea of an archetypal hero is someone who goes through a series of steps from their beginning, to meeting their mentor, to the eventual climax or ordeal. After that series of steps they then redeem themselves and conquer what they didn’t originally.
For Beowulf, The hero’s journey starts for him at a young age. Beowulf had a lot of clout and brave attributes to himself. He embraces his call to adventure when Herorot, the Mead-Hall, gets attacked by Grendel, who is a monster. After Grendel wreaks havoc on Herorot, killing 30 soldiers, Beowulf travels from Sweden to take on Grendel …show more content…
To begin with, it showed how big of an impact Greek Gods had for the Greek culture. At the time, the Greeks believed that if they were to do bad at certain things, they would be punished by Gods and Goddesses such as Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, and many others. During this time, the Greek culture had a somewhat sexist view of women by making them a tool for bragging or respect. For example, Chryseis is looked at as a “war prize” more than an individual. The same goes for Brisies as she is labeled with the same title as a prize. They also put a lot of their trust into fate. It shows when it is explained that Gods have pure control over the human mind state and the result of fate was left for the gods to