Katlynn Shock Beowulf book and movie To begin with, the monster of this epic lives down in the darkness, he dreads the sound of music and human happiness. This monster is known as Grendel. Now in every story that has a monster there must be a hero. This hero is stronger than any man, no one has seen a braver man. He came from his own land to help out the Danes, to defeat the monster that is terrorizing them. His name is Beowulf. When Beowulf hears what is going on over in the Danes he drops everything
In the story Beowulf, King Hrothgar, the ruler of the Danes, is troubled by the rages of a demon named Grendel. Every night, Grendel attacks Herot, killing and often eating Danish warriors. Fortunately, a young warrior named Beowulf hears of Grendel’s devastation and travels to Heorot Hall to help King Hrothgar. After Beowulf slays Grendel, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is also defeated. Beowulf leaves and eventually becomes King of the Geats. Beowulf reigns as king for fifty years but one
interesting to obtain the attention of the viewers it will be, even at the expense of the story’s veracity. The movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, S.) shows a transition in how Beowulf grows as a person while in the poem, he remains a flat character. The movie and the book were very different in how the characters transition throughout the story line, especially Beowulf; also, the movie adds many new characters into the story line that the poem does not even mention. We see in these differences