I never knew that there would be that many differences between a book and a movie made in Hollywood. The epic story I’m comparing and contrasting is known as the first English epic written in 1000 A.D. referred to Beowulf. In class we read the epic story of Beowulf and watched the movie Beowulf and were assigned to write an essay comparing and contrasting the book from the movie. When learning more about the epic story and looking beyond the words, the story shows more than an epic hero, it shows how religious views were between Christianity and Paganism. In both the movie and book there is a golden cup that is treasured and loved by all the people in The land of the Danes, but when the cup is around trouble is soon to follow. Also, in the
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This can be displayed in both the story and the book. In the book it talks in a scene where they practice their paganism by praying to different gods one being the devil and sacrificing prized animals like sheep and cattle. Also, another Paganism view would be of Grendel’s mother being a manipulative, wicked woman and how women were feared during the time. There is a Christian figure by the name of Wealhtheow in the movie showing the religion and views of it. She is the queen and wife of Hrothgar, who is the king of the land during time where Grendel continues to attack. Wealtheow represents Christianity in different ways, one being the conservative one that does not want to do things with the sinner and liar. That may be displayed as she gives no attention to Hrothgar, for he had slept with Grendels mother and Grendel being his son. Another scene where this may also be shown is, when Beowulf is to take over after Hrothgar jumps off the side of a mountain to his death. Now today you may see how popular the religion of Christianity is, but how it was not so much at the beginning of …show more content…
Small differences are able to be worked with but one major change can turn the whole plot upside down and begin to go off track very quickly. A turn in religion during the time may have faulted the story some but that was not able to be controlled due to the widespread of Paganism to Christianity. As for the golden cup goes, I would never want to be in the same area as something that is quickly followed by bad incidents and
This can be displayed in both the story and the book. In the book it talks in a scene where they practice their paganism by praying to different gods one being the devil and sacrificing prized animals like sheep and cattle. Also, another Paganism view would be of Grendel’s mother being a manipulative, wicked woman and how women were feared during the time. There is a Christian figure by the name of Wealhtheow in the movie showing the religion and views of it. She is the queen and wife of Hrothgar, who is the king of the land during time where Grendel continues to attack. Wealtheow represents Christianity in different ways, one being the conservative one that does not want to do things with the sinner and liar. That may be displayed as she gives no attention to Hrothgar, for he had slept with Grendels mother and Grendel being his son. Another scene where this may also be shown is, when Beowulf is to take over after Hrothgar jumps off the side of a mountain to his death. Now today you may see how popular the religion of Christianity is, but how it was not so much at the beginning of …show more content…
Small differences are able to be worked with but one major change can turn the whole plot upside down and begin to go off track very quickly. A turn in religion during the time may have faulted the story some but that was not able to be controlled due to the widespread of Paganism to Christianity. As for the golden cup goes, I would never want to be in the same area as something that is quickly followed by bad incidents and