Pride In Beowulf And Frankenstein

Throughout Beowulf and Frankenstein there have been parts in the book in which characterize certain actions and certain themes that make the book’s interesting, for example in Beowulf it was the action of pride that lead Beowulf to accomplish what he did and die the way he died. Because beowulf was being so prideful he did not listening to an advise that a wise king gave him about pride and went on to do the things he did, the way he did them. In frankenstein it was the idea of nature, healing victor and restoring peace back into him and allowing him to face the monster and be able to confront him, even though he knew that the monster could demolish him anytime he wanted. The theme of Nature played a key role in the book and it gave …show more content…
Choose, dear Beowulf, the better part, eternal reward. Do not give way to pride. For a brief while your your strength is in bloom but it fades quickly; and soon there will follow illness or the sword to lay you low, or a sudden fire or surge of water or a jabbing blade or javelin from the air or repellent age, your piercing eye will dim and darken; and death will arrive, dear warrior, to sweep you away” (Heaney, 2000). I believe that this part in the book is a key moment to the book because king Hrothgar can tell that Beowulf is very a prideful person so he decided to give him some advice on how a good king/warrior should be. Hrothgar notices that beowulf would eventually become king because of all the things that he has done and the things that are left for him to do, king Hrothgar lets beowulf know that he should not be a king/warrior that was full of pride and I think this is important because he is telling him that in order for him (beowulf) to be a ruler he has to be different type of king/warrior and not be like everyone out there, he should be a smart king/warrior making good decisions because if he doesn't, he might die and just because he was so prideful and not doing things the way he was supposed to do them he ends up giving his life away and ends up doing everything wrong and then he …show more content…
All throughout the novel victor suffers from mental breakdown and the only thing that saves him from dying is the bright vibrant colors of nature restoring peace into his soul making him feel like a human again. The quote from chapter five I find important because it shows the theme of nature because it starts off by setting the theam in november, a time of month that is rainy, cloudy, and it has a gothic theme to the