Selma And Beowulf Comparison

Beowulf and Grendel: Modern Storytelling Readers in the new age need more than simply black and white detailed heroes or villains that simply symbolize a battle between what they deem good and what they deem evil within their stories. They demand heroes with vulnerabilities, to see how the characters learns valuable lessons and how they change from beginning to end, how certain characters affect their character through their journey, and a plot that really excites the viewer through emotional impact. Readers do not want bland characters that have no weaknesses, no emotions, and do not learn anything or grow as a character through the story. This is why the directors and writers of the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson) decided to include extra characters that take the original epic Beowulf (Heaney) and provide a modern twist that develops the characters into something with whom people today can relate. Modern readers want complex characters, such as Grendel and Beowulf, as depicted in the movie Beowulf and Grendel …show more content…
She provides insight for Beowulf that he does not know why he is to hunt down Grendel. She later reveals that Grendel has a son and she is the mother. Beowulf realizes that Grendel must not be so different than himself if all he wants is to be left alone. The witch throughout the movie is one of the few people that actually show remorse or compassion toward Grendel and is passed on to Beowulf as she influences him. The witch who is also an outcast and lives in soldem which is why Grendel decided to confront her. She tells Beowulf after Grendel dies,” you just left him without a father,” which makes Beowulf contemplate his actions as he sails back home to his fellow geats. The cultural difference regarding the witch is that modern readers wish to have someone who affects the protagonist emotionally and acts as a guide or someone who provides insight for