An epic is a long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero. Also,
known as the odyssey or Beowulf both books/poems are very well written especially in
the given time period. Beowulf to a lot of people is one of those books that you could
really learn from in life and in other situations. It is often one of those books that get
over-looked because they don’t feel like reading all of that. The same can go for the
odyssey as well. Morality plays an important role in both books. One more thing that we
will get into later is Loyalty, but that one characteristic is probably the main one in both
stories.
Now, in the research that I conducted I had come across six different elements
into being an epic. I also have to add in that these elements …show more content…
I know they
had to cross over a ton of water meaning the ocean. Both books did have a lot of unique
battle scenes you could say. Beowulf took is in a mead hall and in the odyssey theirs was
in a city kind of.
One thing that I admire about these stories is that no matter how bad it got they
never gave up. Yes stuff doesn’t go well a lot of the time usually it is how you come back
and prove yourself is what matters. Later we will get on the topic of religion and now
personally I think it plays a major role in each of these peoples life. Back on the subject
of the setting and how they had to come over adversity. When I think of the setting I also
think of the time period and not of the actual geographical surroundings. See back then
they didn’t have the type of bridges and just overall technology like we have. So as of
right now I guess I could say they have my ultimate respect even if they are all dead, but
you can have respect for the dead anyways.
The major belief between these two books or people in general is their views on
religion. Now, let’s start off with Odysseus and his people you could say. He was
known as the odyssey or Beowulf both books/poems are very well written especially in
the given time period. Beowulf to a lot of people is one of those books that you could
really learn from in life and in other situations. It is often one of those books that get
over-looked because they don’t feel like reading all of that. The same can go for the
odyssey as well. Morality plays an important role in both books. One more thing that we
will get into later is Loyalty, but that one characteristic is probably the main one in both
stories.
Now, in the research that I conducted I had come across six different elements
into being an epic. I also have to add in that these elements …show more content…
I know they
had to cross over a ton of water meaning the ocean. Both books did have a lot of unique
battle scenes you could say. Beowulf took is in a mead hall and in the odyssey theirs was
in a city kind of.
One thing that I admire about these stories is that no matter how bad it got they
never gave up. Yes stuff doesn’t go well a lot of the time usually it is how you come back
and prove yourself is what matters. Later we will get on the topic of religion and now
personally I think it plays a major role in each of these peoples life. Back on the subject
of the setting and how they had to come over adversity. When I think of the setting I also
think of the time period and not of the actual geographical surroundings. See back then
they didn’t have the type of bridges and just overall technology like we have. So as of
right now I guess I could say they have my ultimate respect even if they are all dead, but
you can have respect for the dead anyways.
The major belief between these two books or people in general is their views on
religion. Now, let’s start off with Odysseus and his people you could say. He was