A contrast between prejudice and Beowulf vs Grendel. Would anyone be okay with death over judgement? In life people judge others for many things whether it's from your appearance to your personality or perhaps for being a monster like Grendel. Due to the ignorance of humans prejudice this is an old yet modern new item in Beowulf this is the cause of many tragedies like: cultural clashes, people arguing and the use of violence that sometimes leads to death. In both Beowulf the epic and Beowulf and Grendel lives are lost due to the way people are prejudice.
The epic story of Beowulf portrays a young man determined to find his place in the Anglo-Saxon society as a hero, encouraged upon him from his youth, Beowulf was enthralled, one can even say he was obsessed, with the idea of fame and accomplishment. His desire for both inspired him at the moment ,and …show more content…
Some examples include their rituals and Beowulf's faith in God in the novel before he fought any monster he would state somehow “ God is with me if he wants me to defeat this monster I will”. Something not mentioned in the movie at all throughout the whole film in the book is a strong representation of Beowulf his belief in faith. Throughout the book Beowulf has an enormous amount of violence the Danes and Geat seemed to amend obstacles with violence verbally and physically. Some examples would be when Unferth confronted Beowulf on his swimming competition with Brecca he started an argument with a man who came to save him and his village. Unferth was used to causing confrontations because that's part of their culture thinking they're superior and more powerful than anyone. Being able to just judge others on their opinion.Using prejudice to condemned others to a life of despair and tragedy.What's really sad is these type of things still happens in the 21st century every single day a person is judged and neglected for
The epic story of Beowulf portrays a young man determined to find his place in the Anglo-Saxon society as a hero, encouraged upon him from his youth, Beowulf was enthralled, one can even say he was obsessed, with the idea of fame and accomplishment. His desire for both inspired him at the moment ,and …show more content…
Some examples include their rituals and Beowulf's faith in God in the novel before he fought any monster he would state somehow “ God is with me if he wants me to defeat this monster I will”. Something not mentioned in the movie at all throughout the whole film in the book is a strong representation of Beowulf his belief in faith. Throughout the book Beowulf has an enormous amount of violence the Danes and Geat seemed to amend obstacles with violence verbally and physically. Some examples would be when Unferth confronted Beowulf on his swimming competition with Brecca he started an argument with a man who came to save him and his village. Unferth was used to causing confrontations because that's part of their culture thinking they're superior and more powerful than anyone. Being able to just judge others on their opinion.Using prejudice to condemned others to a life of despair and tragedy.What's really sad is these type of things still happens in the 21st century every single day a person is judged and neglected for