Danes

Beowulf’s duty is to defeat a horrible monster named Grendel. Grendel had been terrorizing the Danes people for many years and was never stopped. Beowulf fulfills his duty, however he goes through many triumphs and tribulations after doing so. The story is told through text and through text and through a movie. There are many differences between the book and the movie such a how Beowulf portrayed himself to the Danes people, the curse of Grendel’s mother, and the way Unfer interferes with…

The story of Beowulf is used to explore the idea that when people use revenge to achieve a goal or to attempt to bring themselves fame, they will surely suffer or die by it. The poem itself is driven by revenge by the characters killing their enemies because of the wrongs done to them; some used it because of envy, others, like Grendel’s mother and the Dragon used it because of fury, and Beowulf to achieve worldwide fame and riches. The author of Beowulf uses the theme of revenge and it is…

that is out of control. Grendel has monster-like attributes with only a scarce hint of human emotions. He exhibited no remorse for the crimes he has committed on the Dane people. The Lord had outlawed and condemned them as outcasts. Grendel was a lonely outcast and set out to wage war, inflicting constant brutal attacks on the Dane people.…

and was immune to any weapons that the Danes and Geats attempted to use against him. Grendel terrorizes Hrothgar’s kingdom by going throughout the dwellings of the Danes, ripping flesh from bone, and consuming the people with absolutely no remorse. He also terrorizes the mead hall known as Heorot, this is where he commits his most heinous acts; mutilating and gormandizing almost all of Hrothgar’s warriors. Grendel’s motives for reigning terror on the Danes is out of envy. The original Grendel in…

son. So, filled with rage, she attacks Herot and retrieves her sons arm for herself as compensation for her loss. The hero in our epic also knows this and declares, "It is always better, / to avenge dear ones than indulge in mourning" (1384-85). The Danes savior, Beowulf, came to defeat Grendel’s mother yet the does not mean the end of other feuds to rise. “But equally the tragedy of the world in which this action lies is that surrounding Beowulf 's exploits are the deeds of other men who go on…

England. 871 - Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex; the Danish advance is halted in England. 872 - Harald I gains control of Norway. 879 - Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains. 886 - Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact. 900 - The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. 911 - The Viking chief Rollo is…

an oral poem many years ago and it has been forgotten about it until Jrr Tolkien brought it back in 1930, Then Robert Zemeckis created a visual in 2007. In the Beowulf movie and poem there are similarities and differences in Beowulf, The Geats and Danes, and Grendel, which reflects both Anglo saxon and modern society. Beowulf is a hero to many people especially to his people and follows in his father’s footsteps. He was the son of Edgetho’s in both the movie and poem. In the movie he did…

“Let God be thanked!” From these lines, it seems as though the noble and heroic actions of Beowulf are related back to God. Beowulf’s act of heroism against Grendel has, in turn, improved his status with not only the Danes but God himself. To me, Beowulf’s loyalty to the foreign Danes acts as an element of the warrior code. As I continued to read the epic I noticed another instance where Beowulf proves his bravery and courage. After Grendel’s mother took her revenge at the Herot…

to the danish prince.” Of course, we see authorial intrusion as the scop is all for Beowulf, as he was the protagonist throughout the whole epic. Beowulf kills Grendel, as described in the book for the evils he has committed to the society of the Danes but only according to an Anglo- Saxon culture. In the film, we see a more in depth reason why Grendel is attacking Hrothgar and Heorot the mead hall. This shows a level of culture complexity that has evolved and we don’t see evil truly in one way…

monsters that are attacking the Danes, he is in the process of fighting evil. He is doing for glory. For instance, when he is about fight Grendel and he says , "may the divine lord / in His wisdom grant the glory of victory / to whichever side he sees fit" ( 685-688 ). Certainly, Beowulf knows that God would choose him due to the fact that he is fighting for good in the name of God. Another key point is when the Danes claim that God brought Beowulf to the Danes in order to help them. They say,…