Gender Roles In Beowulf
Did you know that the poem of beowulf has a way different town then the movie because it has gender roles and it doesn't show beowulf has much as a hero he was supposed to be. In this poem/movie it has a hero named Beowulf, it also explains the Angel Axtion beliefs how they lived also the way women were treated, how men ran the society. Through examining both movie and poem, the similarities and differences between Beowulf, Heroism and Gender roles is what was important to the societies that created them. In the poem there was no gender roles but in the movie there was more gender roles. The Angled Axation was more based on men than women. Women were treated bad and weren't really talked about but men were the main parts in the movie and poem. The men were treated better than the women and men could control the women. In the movie you can see that the women were treated bad and the men were taken care of and they could do whatever they want but the women were
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In the movie and the poem beowulf likes to boast a lot to tell stories about to make him sound like a Hero. In the poem beowulf kills grendel's mother. Certainly he is interested in increasing his reputation and gaining honor and payment for his own king back in Geatland. However, we soon learn that a major motivation is a family debt that Beowulf owes to Hrothgar. In both movie and poem he fights for glory and honor but also so people will remember his name for being the one who has killed all this monster. In the movie beowulf has a soft spot for women. Beowulf has a kid with Grendel's mother in the movie. Beowulf lied about killing Grendel's mother in the movie but in the poem he killed her. In the poem beowulf is loyal and true of his word. Like in the poem he is a hero and has no soft spot for anything or one and not like in the movie he has soft spot for women and sleeps with his bed warmer and not his
In the movie and the poem beowulf likes to boast a lot to tell stories about to make him sound like a Hero. In the poem beowulf kills grendel's mother. Certainly he is interested in increasing his reputation and gaining honor and payment for his own king back in Geatland. However, we soon learn that a major motivation is a family debt that Beowulf owes to Hrothgar. In both movie and poem he fights for glory and honor but also so people will remember his name for being the one who has killed all this monster. In the movie beowulf has a soft spot for women. Beowulf has a kid with Grendel's mother in the movie. Beowulf lied about killing Grendel's mother in the movie but in the poem he killed her. In the poem beowulf is loyal and true of his word. Like in the poem he is a hero and has no soft spot for anything or one and not like in the movie he has soft spot for women and sleeps with his bed warmer and not his