Different Cultures Teach Valuable Lessons
When studying different cultures and ethnicities, many ideas and questions develop to what defines that culture. We start to distinguish the details of what different cultures believe in and value. The Anglo Saxons culture valued different ideas, but they particularly valued loyalty, riches/power, and selflessness. However, humans have similar values as the Anglo Saxons. Humans practice the same ideas that other cultures performed throughout their time. Beowulf, presents the culture of Anglos Saxons and how they portrayed their beliefs into the everyday life. In the reading Beowulf, conserved by Burton Raffel, one can learn that in this Anglo Saxon tribe believe heavily in loyalty. Beowulf performs his loyalty to the people of Herot by presenting his loyalty to the king. Beowulf one the strongest of the Geats …show more content…
Beowulf reveals how important riches and power connect to his life by fighting for them. Hrothgar makes a promise to Beowulf to receive riches and power for protecting him, Herot, and other warriors from Grendel. In “The Battle With Grendel”, Beowulf defeats the Grendel. However, Beowulf only wants to fight Grendel fairly knowing that Grendel does not usually fight with a sword. While fighting, Grendel thought about the quality of Beowulf's performance. “The shepherd of evil, guardian of crime knew at once that nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands were harder” (Raffel 32) Beowulf at this moment gained a satisfaction of power and also the riches by defeating the one harmed his peers. Humans fathom that you accomplish many goals through aspiration by getting the sense of gratification for being rich and powerful. While working towards a goal you normally have to have a set of money, which would relate to the riches that Beowulf received. Humans who are in charge desire and find it joyful to inform others what to
When studying different cultures and ethnicities, many ideas and questions develop to what defines that culture. We start to distinguish the details of what different cultures believe in and value. The Anglo Saxons culture valued different ideas, but they particularly valued loyalty, riches/power, and selflessness. However, humans have similar values as the Anglo Saxons. Humans practice the same ideas that other cultures performed throughout their time. Beowulf, presents the culture of Anglos Saxons and how they portrayed their beliefs into the everyday life. In the reading Beowulf, conserved by Burton Raffel, one can learn that in this Anglo Saxon tribe believe heavily in loyalty. Beowulf performs his loyalty to the people of Herot by presenting his loyalty to the king. Beowulf one the strongest of the Geats …show more content…
Beowulf reveals how important riches and power connect to his life by fighting for them. Hrothgar makes a promise to Beowulf to receive riches and power for protecting him, Herot, and other warriors from Grendel. In “The Battle With Grendel”, Beowulf defeats the Grendel. However, Beowulf only wants to fight Grendel fairly knowing that Grendel does not usually fight with a sword. While fighting, Grendel thought about the quality of Beowulf's performance. “The shepherd of evil, guardian of crime knew at once that nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands were harder” (Raffel 32) Beowulf at this moment gained a satisfaction of power and also the riches by defeating the one harmed his peers. Humans fathom that you accomplish many goals through aspiration by getting the sense of gratification for being rich and powerful. While working towards a goal you normally have to have a set of money, which would relate to the riches that Beowulf received. Humans who are in charge desire and find it joyful to inform others what to