Warriors

In order to find honor, kings and warriors must trust one another. The king must trust the warrior to be able to fight off attackers and warriors must trust kings to know how to help the kingdom after their victories in battle. In Beowulfand I Henry IV, the two warriors, Beowulf and Hotspur, gain the trust of their kings in two different ways. Beowulf gains the trust of King Hrothgar by the traditional customs, while Hotspur does not. Without the help of the warrior, kings could not rule…

Each aspect allows those to understand the meaning, the motive, and the misery each tragic hero faces. Tragic heroes overcome what most cannot, and still thrive for greatness in the mix of it all. Any hero must obtain a noble birth; must be a great warrior, must be known for his heroic acts, and must face supernatural foes or receive supernatural help. A noble birth were not common in previous time. Everyday commoners would never become an epic hero for the reason that they did not have a noble…

One issue to a reader is whether the historical context influences how we read the women warrior. If the context is lost and merely bits and pieces remain from a scattered existence, only the connection of anchor points may reinstate the whole picture trying to be presented. When considering context, we can understand more of what a character had to go through compared to when there in no context as to when the story takes place. As implied in Saint Joan and Munitions women are destitute by…

prince Paris kidnaps the Greek princess Helen and brings her to the city of Troy, famed to be the strongest city of the time. The Greeks respond by laying siege to the city in a war that lasts nine years. The warriors on both sides must face both their enemies…

people stopped attacking, warriors stopped training. This was a huge burden on their country because the day Beowulf would pass it would throw them into an oblivion of hurt. The day came when they would see action, and the one and only Beowulf lead their crusade to go and find and put down a dragon that has been a burden on their land. When they found the dragon, Beowulf went in and the rest of the warriors stayed out because of his command. When a ruckus commenced, the warriors took fright and…

Achilles is a very interesting hero, he has a lot of pride and ignorance, but all that adds up and enables Achilles to be the most lethal warrior in all of ancient Greek, especially against the romans. Achilles is said to be one of the greatest warriors not only in the Greek mythology but in generally history, and no one hero can get that praise without having their own special trait. The distinctive trait that separates Achilles from any hero including Beowulf is his pride. Pride is everything…

helmet to protect them. Also, they added nasals because noses were most commonly cut off. The nasal was far away from their noses, incase a sword hit it and the nasal dented in. The type of person that would wear these helmets would be a very rich warrior, for example, a chief because of the chainmail on the back, which made it more expensive. The second artifact is a chain metal shirt. The chain metal shirt was effective against the sharp points and blades of the spear, axe…

She enters the land of Herot with a vengeance until she was greeted by the warriors and feared for her life. She quickly fled, but not before seizing one of the warriors that were one of Hrothgar’s most trusted men, his chief warrior, and her son’s arm. Beowulf, covered himself in armor, after receiving word of the fallen warrior’s fate. Together with a group of warriors, they began to follow her tracks and later on he set forth into the mere alone leaving Hrothgar behind…

Seduced by glory within his grasps, his ruthless ambition becomes his downfall and ultimate moral self-destruction. Despite being a renowned warrior, Macbeth was still a mortal man who was a subject to the frailty of his morality, a slave to his temptation, and incapable of being the master of his own existence. Although Macbeth is a great furious warrior, his fragile morality is tested by the nightmares and guilt surrounding the murder of King Duncan. Within the ranks of the army, Macbeth was…

Another way for warriors to gain glory is by staying near their group in battle, since their achievements can therefore be observed and acknowledged by their peers. In some instances, in their pursuit of glory, some warriors go too far in showing off their achievements. When Achilleus defies fate by killing Hektor, who was one of the undefeated, he essentially becomes…