Culture evolves as time passes by. In the modern era, we are not contemplate situations as black or white. We have adopted a method of looking in the so-called “grey area“, unlike the centuries before us where the situation was “yes he did this” or “no he didn't”, the modern society must have a why. In the epic Anglo-Saxon poem called Beowulf ( Heaney 2000 ) and a movie entitled Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson 2005 ), although both originating from the same language they differ greatly in the perspectives about life. In the epic, we are given a simplistic impression , while in the movie we observe a more elaborated perspective.
In both the epic and in the movie, the protagonist goes by the name of Beowulf or referred to as Son of Ecgtheow. He, like many during his time, seek fame and riches. Tales of monster, “ Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting the marches, marauding round the heath and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time in misery among the banished monsters, Cain's clan, whom the Creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts.” ( Heaney ) had been haunting the magnificent meat hall of the Dane ring giver named Hrothgar lured the mighty Geat. In the first stages of the poem we are given some of the Anglo Saxon’s …show more content…
The modern era does not think like Anglo-Saxons. They viewed everything into two categories good or bad. Lacking the complexity of the modern era. The modern era has invoked a new way of thinking, that of which inquires a more complex ideology than our ancestors. The belief of someone conceived with evil without any proof has become something that has expired in modern society. People's actions must be rational or they we will label them as un-human. Unlike the times of the Anglo-Saxons society where if someone was to commit a horrid crime many of the people would not seek justification. The concept of simplistic duality would not last a day in today's
In both the epic and in the movie, the protagonist goes by the name of Beowulf or referred to as Son of Ecgtheow. He, like many during his time, seek fame and riches. Tales of monster, “ Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting the marches, marauding round the heath and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time in misery among the banished monsters, Cain's clan, whom the Creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts.” ( Heaney ) had been haunting the magnificent meat hall of the Dane ring giver named Hrothgar lured the mighty Geat. In the first stages of the poem we are given some of the Anglo Saxon’s …show more content…
The modern era does not think like Anglo-Saxons. They viewed everything into two categories good or bad. Lacking the complexity of the modern era. The modern era has invoked a new way of thinking, that of which inquires a more complex ideology than our ancestors. The belief of someone conceived with evil without any proof has become something that has expired in modern society. People's actions must be rational or they we will label them as un-human. Unlike the times of the Anglo-Saxons society where if someone was to commit a horrid crime many of the people would not seek justification. The concept of simplistic duality would not last a day in today's