Good Vs. Evil In Beowulf

In medieval literature themes were mocked. It gave them a funny and entertaining outlook. You wouldn’t expect medieval literature to be funny. They are suppose to be about a hero, person, or people and their journey to fulfill a certain goal. In the narratives that we’ve have seen and read, they use satire to mock the different themes. In Beowulf they mocked Good vs. Evil. Everyone knew about how Beowulf was a good warrior and was a hero to the Geats. He was asked by King Hrothgar to come and kill Grendel. Grendel was a monster who got tired of all the noise from the people partying and started killing them while they were sleeping. Good prevailed over evil and Beowulf was victorious. After killing Grendel, he had to kill Grendel’s mother and then later defeat a dragon to which he lost his life to. …show more content…
The Green Knight came to Camelot because he heard that the knights there were the best of the best. He told King Arthur that none of the knights would beat him in a battle. King Arthur was going to battle him but then Sir Gawain steps up and says he would do it. A good Knight doesn’t let his King battle first. He doesn’t know that the Green Knight has supernatural powers,so when Sir Gawain cuts the knights head off he picks it up and rides away. When the Knight goes to give Sir Gawain a cut he flinches but eventually gets it. Sir Gawain is ashamed because he has been talking to the Green Knight's wife and needed to learn a