Comparison of Beowulf and The Iliad In The Iliad by Homer and the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, both the epic heroes of the story embark on a great quest that fulfills the values of their respective cultures. Achilles in the Iliad and Beowulf. These characters share similar aspects as do the stories. There are also certain personality traits that make these characters very different. They have the same end goal with different motivations. Both characters, Achilles and Beowulf, want to become heroes by defeating
2015 Beowulf vs. Achilles In the epic poems “Beowulf”, which was written by someone who is still unknown to this day, and “The Illiad”, which was written by Homer, there are two epic heroes named Beowulf and Achilles. They are based in two different places and two different time settings, Beowulf is from a time when there were people known as the Anglo-Saxons and Achilles is from Greece. The two were both very different from each other in the sense of them being considered epic heroes. Beowulf saved
Comparison of Epic Heroes Heroes are always the best in their story but have you ever tried to compare two great heroes? Take Beowulf and Achilles for example. Beowulf was written by an anonymous person unfortunately. It was written around 750s. It was about a man named Beowulf who was a mighty hero who went and took on a mighty evil called Grendel and Grendel’s mother. The Iliad was written by Homer around 700 B.C. It was about a man who was half human half god named Achilles who was a mighty warrior
ways. From Beowulf to Achilles, to the modern superhero, people view heroes with multiple contrasting viewpoints. Still there are quite a few similarities in what makes a modern hero a “hero”. What makes the universal definition of a hero though would have to be that it is someone who has had to have done something meaningful, that is concerned with the well-being of others, and puts themselves at some sort of risk. By these traits, a modern audience should take into consideration if Beowulf and Achilles