Beowulf: Comparing The Book And Movie

The poem Beowulf is the telling of a great, brave, and fearless leader. Some would even say he is arrogant and thinks too highly of himself. Even though the book is different from the movie, Beowulf does live up to his name. You will see other people in this essay who may not like Beowulf for his titles; however, other people will forever live in his glory days. You will see many differences between the book and the movie. Beowulf was interesting and I enjoyed both the movie and the book, yet in the book Beowulf went home to be king, his warriors fled him, and the dragon was angry about the thief; even though, in the movie, Beowulf was king of Herot, his warriors helped him during battle, and he was the dragon’s father. Beowulf became king according to the book upon his arrival to his homeland; however, in the movie he became king of Herot. Beowulf became king of Herot because Hrothgar jumped from the castle and killed himself, yet in the book Hrothgar died. Beowulf also had no wife, mistresses, or any children during his reign as king in the book. Although in the movie, Beowulf had inherited the wife of Hrothgar, a mistress, and Beowulf even …show more content…
Beowulf and Grendel’s mother slept with each other and made a deal that as long the golden cup stayed in her cage that the kingdom of Herot will flourish in the movie. Yet in the book Grendel’s mother was also a vicious monster like her son. Beowulf’s wife knew that he had sexual relations with Grendel’s mother; therefore, she had no children with him in the movie. There is one major difference between the movie and the book when it comes to Beowulf having children, a wife, and mistresses. In the book there was no talk of a wife or children, let alone a mistress; however, in the movie he had a wife and a son. There was also no speak of sexual content in the book, which means he was too full of himself to even focus on a significant