Right Round

Chapter II- Nexus Between Beowulf and Batman Though these epic tales were created about 1000 years apart, the story of Batman and the story of Beowulf actually have a lot in common. These two characters are indeed heroes in their actions and are praised by the people in their society; they fight a foe which can only be beaten by them and they do such things for unselfish reasons. “Beowulf had brought his king Horses and treasures- as a man must Not weaving nets for malice for his comrades…

One of the biggest controversies in our school systems around America is if kindergarten through twelfth grades should go to school all 12 months of the year or if they should get a summer break. If kids go to school all year they will be better educated because they will not have a long break where they forget a significant amount of information that they have learned from their previous school year. If there was school all year then kids would still get their three months off but it would just…

In the poem Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain becomes a guest at Lord Bertilak’s castle. His stay comes as a brief rest from his journey to meet with the Green Knight. During his time in the castle, Gawain is coaxed into a pact between himself and Lord Bertilak. Throughout three days, Bertilak would go out to hunt and Gawain would stay in the castle, and at the end of each day, the two would exchange whatever they gained. Unbeknownst to him, the pact was a means of testing his true character,…

The anglo-saxon poem ' Beowulf' written during the medieval times is indeed one rich in mythology, folklore and meaning. While the unfeminine poem tells the tales of kings and warriors, the women in it are not to be ignored. Women have been given a particular importance in the poem along with the men. If the poem sings praises of the great Geatish hero Beowulf, it also hums the significance of its women. The Anglo- Saxon society, despite being highly patriarchal with their Kings and Heroes, the…

The Different Representations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a storytelling that belongs to the Middle Ages and the Arthurian tradition. “the romance, like its literary descendant, was often used by writers from the twelfth century on to state in various ways some of the issues that then seemed currently important” (Silverstein 260). This type of literature introduces the romance through the courtly love and the chivalry. The story is based on motifs from…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the tale of King Arthur’s knight and nephew, Gawain, and his quest to fulfill a challenge that is proposed to him by a mysterious stranger known as the Green Knight. On his way to find the Green Knight, Gawain unknowingly receives various moral tests given to him by a lord named Bertilak, who offers Gawain a place to stay in his castle during his travels. The Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem was written in the late 14th-century. Although the poem is a…

Back then, people believed that a hero was someone who had high ambitions and would never desert an opportunity to gain glory. Actions like this had extreme significance because glory and honor meant everything to a person with Pagan beliefs. Out of the many applicable characters presented in the three pieces of literature, Beowulf, The Iliad, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, only one figure best fits this description. He is a man with a daring personality and always strives to win whatever…

In the times of the Middle Ages, there was a very prominent social structure set into place. The Middle Ages had people such as; Kings, Lords, Nobles, Knights and, Peasants. During this time period, there was a Feudal system in place. This system meant that if someone like a peasant worked for a lord or the King, they would be rewarded with land. This system kept everyone satisfied. To be a knight meant that you were to fight, protect and work for the Lords of an area. Since the knights…

Beowulf resembles a hero to some people because he has strength. For example, “If weapons were useless he’d use his hands, the strength in his fingers.” (p.54. L 489.) Beowulf is so strong that he does not need a weapon in order to fight off the evil that he faces. Another example is when the poem says, “They have seen my strength for themselves, have watches me rise from the darkness of war. . .” (p.43. L 151.) This shows that his people know of his strength and knows that he is able to conquer…

Magna Carta (the great charter) which consisting 61 clauses became the part of English political life. One clause proclaimed that no free man must have a right justice Concepts of this period are different from the Anglo-Saxon period. Social value in Anglo-Saxon was fame; in contrary, in medieval period was chivalry. But the social system in Anglo-Saxon which called ‘comitataus’ had something similar to the chivalry in in the middle ages. In my opinion, from two periods I had studied, I found…