Danes

Beowulf, nearly a god among men, a valiant warrior among the Danes, slayer of the beastly Grendel and his mother, the king of Geatland; or so he appears to be, in the original epic. In the movie Beowulf and Grendel, there appear to be some keen differences, not just in Beowulf himself, but the story entirely such as characters and themes. The first apparent difference is the main character, Beowulf. In the epic(Heaney), Beowulf is portrayed as nothing short of perfect, showing zero signs of…

armor to sons. Treasure also takes the form of a prize when Beowulf won over Grendel and Grendel’s mother. Hrothgar gives the treasure to him. Treasure is also used to prompt revenge such as when Hunlaging gives the sword to Hengest to remind him that Danes should punish the killing of their king, which is Hnaef. However,…

about a young man’s journey into adulthood. Beginning with the rather sudden death of his older brother, newly named Uhtred is forced to become the new heir of Bebbanberg and is taken to learn to fight the Danes. After he is captured and his father murdered by his captor, he is instructed by the Danes in the art of warfare and learns to lead his fellow warriors into battle. By the time he returns to the Saxons after Ragnar’s demise, he has become a skilled warrior and a leader of many. The…

follows Joseph Campbell's concept of a Hero’s journey. Beowulf’s journey starts in the ordinary world. He is from Geatland, this is where he first of Grendel. Beowulf and all the other Geates heard stories about all the terror Grendel caused the Danes. On lines 109-122 it says “In his far off home Beowulf, Higlac’s follower and the strongest of the Geats- greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world-heard how Grendel filled nights with horror” After Beowulf heard about this…

non-Christian behavior is the battle between Beowulf and Grendel. Grendel, “a fiend out of hell” (“Beowulf” 43) is attacking Heorot and killing the Danes because he cannot bare the sounds and songs “of man’s beginnings, how the Almighty had made the earth…” (“Beowulf” 43). A hero, Beowulf, comes to help the Danes and defeat the malignant demon, and save the Danes from the reign of terror. This is emblematic of the classic battle between good and…

Beowulf, a great murderer of Grendel, the savior to the Danes, is the epitome of an epic hero, but where do heroes fit in real life? Heroes are strong, they fight for good, and travel far and wide to defeat a supernatural villain, and Beowulf embodies every aspect.Doctors Without Borders fight modern monsters like AIDS and other incurable diseases. Beowulf and Doctors Without Borders are examples of epic heroes within society. Beowulf is an epic hero based on the age of the Vikings era. He…

The Danes were peacefully sleeping after a night of song and laughter, when “suddenly then the God cursed brute was creating havoc” (120). The only thing the Danes had done to provoke Grendel was being happy. For this perceived offense, Grendel attacks the Danes and kills and eats thirty of the men in one night. In Heorot, Grendel inflicts “constant cruelties on the people, Atrocious hurt” (152 – 153) by viciously attacking the Danes every night for twelve years. Fearing…

In Beowulf, there are inferences about women and how they were treated in Anglo-Saxon society. Beowulf is an eponymous text about a Geat warrior who goes to save the Danes from monsters plaguing their lives. The main story may center around Beowulf, but by looking deeper into the text itself there are hints about Anglo-Saxon society. The lack of any documents from the Dark Ages make it difficult to identify key elements of any cultures who existed during that time. Lore passed down from those…

would say that the Geats might of worshiped in the Pagan faith and the Danes might of worshiped in the Christian faith. This could never be true though due to the practices being mixed around in both kingdoms. King Hrothgar says, “I am sure that God has sent him to the help of the Danes” (Wright 35) which shows that he is giving his respects to God yet his people trust in only his protections as Beowulf has said, “King of the Danes, protector of fighting-men” (Wright 36). The same is true of the…

a demon that has killed a lot of the Danes. The warrior sallies across the sea to take care of the demon known as Grendel. When Beowulf gets there he talks to the king and queen of the Danes, when one there warriors insult Beowulf he tells stories of his past accomplishments and the warrior backs off. That night Beowulf stabs Grendel, who then runs away to his caves and dies. With the Death of Grendel it brings a celebration at the hall of the King of the Danes and the fury of his mother down on…