Grendel

From Beowulf who fights against Grendel to achieve fame and glory; to Sir Gawain fighting the Green Knight for his king and honor. Both men are considered a hero for the Anglo Saxons. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something better than oneself.” Joseph Campbell. Even today with firefighters putting their lives at risk to save someone from burning buildings, or police officers defending innocent people against others that put them at risk are considered heros. These…

demon, Grendel goes to King Hrothgar’s Heorot almost every night to attack his warriors. When Beowulf finds out about Grendel, he travels to help King Hrothgar who he feels he owes a favor because…

many reasons, Beowulf is considered to behave in a way that would not qualify him as a heroic character. Although, he still possess key traits of courage and leadership that may consider him to be a modern hero. On his quest to find this evil beast; Grendel, the son of Cain, Beowulf shows leadership by forming a group of the strongest men within his homeland.…

was different and Beowulf’s attitudes varied from battle to battle. Beowulf went into his battle with Grendel, strong and focused on the main goal of saving the Danes and killing the evil monster but keeping Grendel’s arm as a trophy led to the battle…

Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarrson,) are different in the sense that in the epic, objects are simply either evil or good. Throughout the epic, Beowulf and his motives remain the same. Similarly, the cultural values of the Anglo-saxons remained steady and unchanged compared to modern society’s and its ever-changing views. Since the movie was made in modern times, script-writers added extra elements so that viewers could be able to relate to the characters and their values. In Beowulf and Grendel,…

shaping these beautiful plains”. The description is of all peaceful, beautiful creations God has made. It is enlightening and positive. The contrast comes into play when the bad creations of God are described. The mood is very dark and the character Grendel, a monster plastered in slime. The bad side of Earth and hell are revealed, “made his home in hell not hell by Earth”. This contrast may be foreshadowing the horror that will occur because at first everything is going swell but now it is…

Beowulf is a classical Old English epic poem that has everything an action packed story should have. There are monsters in the form of Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. There are also heroes that throughout the epic distinguish themselves from the other characters through battle and companionship. One main trait presented throughout is leadership and the most important leader in this epic is Beowulf. Beowulf is a strong warrior that maintains peace for his people as long as he is their…

his loyalty to Beowulf when the rest if his men commit treason and leave Beowulf during his last battle. Overall loyalty and allegiance is a common virtue displayed in Beowulf. In the beginning of the poem when Hrothgar and his men were faced with Grendel, Beowulf wanted to repay his debt from when Hrothgar came…

In Beowulf, there are themes in the story that helps grasp ahold of the reader’s attention. These themes would be loyalty, reputation/envy, and hospitality. All of these really help to drive the story along and get ideas on how it is going. The first theme is loyalty, this is a major and central one for the story even throughout the difficult journey. Beowulf faces that he is in need, and after joining with the Danes for reasons he is mostly overlooking on gaining a reputation and honor for…

come. As a slept quietly but very cautious, I was then awoken by a loud noise. I jumped up fast to see Beowulf Tussling with that slimy serpent like creature Grendel. As they were fighting I noticed Beowulf didn’t even use his battle weapons his bare hands. A man with this much strength in his own bare hands was never seen by Grendel. Grendel thought he had an easy victim, but when he realized it was the total opposite. I could see the look of regret, fear and terror in gredels eyes as he was…