How has our culture and society changed over the past thousand years? Any indication of our development of society is vastly evident in the comparison of the epic Beowulf (Heaney) from Anglo-Saxon lore to the modern day movie of Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson). In the Beowulf epic, Beowulf, the main protagonist who possess god like strength, is a very one dimensional character, hardly showing any character development throughout the epic. In Beowulf and Grendel, Beowulf is a more believable character who developed respect for his enemy of Grendel because he learns that Grendel is not truly a monster as he once believed. The differences in culture is shown through the characters of both tales, the beliefs and values of the characters, and the
