Essays on Beowulf

Written in the past centuries, Beowulf, an epic poem, which has a male as the main hero, also gives importance to women. In the poem, several different women such as Wealhtheow, Hygd, and Grendel’s mother are introduced. Each individual woman is portrayed as very strong…

“There are as many archetypes as there are typical situations in life. Endless repetition has engraved these experiences into our psychic constitution, not in the forms of images filled with content, but at first only as forms without content, representing merely the possibility of a…

The Dark Ages was a time of immense violence and corruption, but it is also a time that very little is known. It started around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D During these five hundred years, very little information…

During the time of the Anglo-Saxons, many virtues and characteristics that were expected of great leaders and heroes were created. The most known of these virtues are generosity, loyalty, friendliness, and bravery few could meet and surpass these requirements. In the epic poem Beowulf, translated…

In both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf, mead halls are used as a community space where the king, his warriors and servants can settle down and plan battles. They can also partake in some casual hobnob and enjoy a honey-based drink called…

When pondering the question, ‘Did the character of Grendel remind you of someone you know?”, I firstly tried thinking of an individual who could possess some similar traits to Grendel. Evil, malicious, resentful, stealthy – no one came to mind. Then reality struck me to…

As seen throughout time, fighting and a lack of communication are known as an embodiment of a multitude of people and societies. Conflict is defined as the process of a disagreement or physical clash between two or more individuals or groups of distinctive values and…

In the poem Beowulf it argues that the character Grendel is portrayed as an evil monster that is born with no future. In John Gardner’s novel, Grendel is told from his point of view, so he doesn’t see anything wrong with killing people. Hrothgar is…

When reading Beowulf, parts of the article are very disturbing, some would say it is the monsters that make the poem the way it is. In Beowulf, one of the main monsters Grendel could be compared to one of the most nerve-racking serial killers there…

Beowulf can be compared to modern day relevance because we still have battles today, they are just more advanced and more deadly. There are many stories of brave and courageous soldiers going into war and a few coming out as heroes. Many of these heroes…