Grendel's 'Good Vs. Evil In Beowulf'
Beowulf is a hero that fought a monster that no one else could defeat. He is a warrior from Scandinavia and the poem is mainly about “good versus evil.” Beowulf, a strong, loyal and brave warrior that wants glory and fame amongst the other warriors. Fighting a monster named Grendel. Once, he heard about the monster, he sailed to Herot to tell Hrothgar that he will kill the monster Grendel as he boast about his previous successes, such as fighting and killing sea creatures. But in the movie, it shares a lot of similarities and differences. For example, is the characters themselves, they have different characteristics from the movie and poem. And, this poem has a lot of information that discusses about the significance of the Anglo Saxons. In
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In this passage, it clearly states that she lies on a lake and that she clearly wanted revenge. In the poem, Beowulf and Grendel’s mother battle each other, but in the movie, rather than getting to a battle Grendel’s mother seduces Beowulf for a son since he had killed his only son, Grendel. Grendel’s mother quoted “ Beowulf, You killed my son. Give me a son, Brave thane.” While she was saying that to Grendel, she was touching Beowulf all over his body and then she started kissing him. Perhaps maybe in the Anglo Saxon, they didn’t want to describe any intimate happening between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother. But in the modern days, it’s fun to imagine things that may happen between the …show more content…
Grendel was evil, but shown that we could give him some sympathy in the movie while his mother was supposed to have a battle with Beowulf as stated in the poem but instead, she seduced Beowulf and asked for a son. While women's were barely mentioned in the poem, in the movie, they had a bigger role like Wealthow being more involved in the movie. While watching and reading the story of Beowulf, it amused me how they compare and contrast the poem in the movie, not all scenes in the movie were the same because they wanted the audience to be
In this passage, it clearly states that she lies on a lake and that she clearly wanted revenge. In the poem, Beowulf and Grendel’s mother battle each other, but in the movie, rather than getting to a battle Grendel’s mother seduces Beowulf for a son since he had killed his only son, Grendel. Grendel’s mother quoted “ Beowulf, You killed my son. Give me a son, Brave thane.” While she was saying that to Grendel, she was touching Beowulf all over his body and then she started kissing him. Perhaps maybe in the Anglo Saxon, they didn’t want to describe any intimate happening between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother. But in the modern days, it’s fun to imagine things that may happen between the …show more content…
Grendel was evil, but shown that we could give him some sympathy in the movie while his mother was supposed to have a battle with Beowulf as stated in the poem but instead, she seduced Beowulf and asked for a son. While women's were barely mentioned in the poem, in the movie, they had a bigger role like Wealthow being more involved in the movie. While watching and reading the story of Beowulf, it amused me how they compare and contrast the poem in the movie, not all scenes in the movie were the same because they wanted the audience to be