their simple minds. The Anglo Saxon and today’s modern culture differ in a multitude of ways such as in the original Beowulf epic, most characters do not develop throughout the story while in the modern movie interpretation, Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, 2005), the characters change through experiences that give characters new insight. Characters such as Beowulf, Hrothgar, and Grendel are much different in the modern story than they were when the original story was written in 1000 C.E. The characters
Wynkoop English 12 10/8/14 Beowulf Rough Draft In the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, Wyrd decides the whole tale. Grendels fate was to be a ‘bad guy’, whereas Beowulf was destine to be the hero. Both Beowulf and Grendel have followed the Anglo-Saxon code ‘an eye for an eye’, justifying their actions. God allowed the creation of both Beowulf and Grendel; the assumption will be made that The Anglo-Saxons eventually followed something similar to predestination. Grendel, “a fiend out of hell” (9
audience's eye. Although there are some similarities between Beowulf the epic and the movie Beowulf and Grendel, there are numerous factors that differ. The differences that stood out most are the differences in the character’s levels of complexity and why the movie needed to include extra characters that were not involved of the epic. One character that obviously has the most difference in complexity is Beowulf. In the epic the people, including Beowulf himself, think of him as more of a God, while in the
between the ancient 5th century mindset and that of the 21st century is within the works of Beowulf ,an epic poem translated, by Seamus Heaney and Beowulf and Grendel ,a motion picture directed, by S. Gunnarsson. The tale of Beowulf is one that has been passed down from many a generation. A legend that has survived the passing of time, from its birth in the Anglo-Saxon era to today’s modern world. In Beowulf, the personality and behaviors of the characters reflect the mentality of the people of
Kiara: Beowulf went from a hero to an anti-hero. In the first movie he was more like a hero, in the second movie he was more like a villain. In the first movie Beowulf is honest, and really brave. In the second movie at first he was really brave and honest and he was nice. Then he got a pretty girl and temptations got him since he seen a pretty girl. In both the movies he was a total different person, but still had the same job. In the 2005 film Beowulf was more like a hero. He was a really brave
Grendel is one of the main characters in the epic Beowulf. But there are many different character descriptions. Like in the Beowulf. Paramount Pictures Corp. :, 2008. DVD., Grendle is a huge disfigured troll, and in the Beowulf & Grendel. Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005. DVD. he is nothing but a tall man with no real language taught to him. Both films portray very different aspects of Beowulf because Grendel has different faters and his mother looks different in each film. The stories
different you may ask. Well in the book Beowulf and in the movie Beowulf and Grendel you see many differences, however the main topic I’ve chosen to write about is the addition of certain characters that did not make it to the pages of Beowulf and why they may have been put into the movie. Like in the book as you read you notice that there is no Witch and in the movie as you watch you see that there is, same for the monk and Grendel’s son. In the book Beowulf speaks of God has high and power and frequently
Everyone loves an antagonist they are able to dislike, but a character who can obtain the feeling of dislike and still gain pity and sympathy provide for great entertainment. In the epic Beowulf (Heaney), the writer portrays Grendel very different from his portrayal in the modern movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson), which could be solely due to the large time difference and what the intended audiences would find entertaining. The cultural differences between these two time periods appear as a
Everyone loves an antagonist they are able to dislike, but a character who can obtain the feeling of dislike and still gain pity and sympathy provide for greater entertainment. In the epic Beowulf (Heaney), the writer portrays Grendel very differently from his portrayal in the modern movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson), which could be solely due to the large time difference and what the intended audiences would find entertaining. The cultural differences between these two time periods appears
Grendel In English-12 we have been studying the epic poem about Beowulf. As a part of the study we watched two movie, Beowulf 2007 and Beowulf and Grendel 2005: Beowulf 2007 is an animated film and Beowulf and Grendel 2005 is a live action movie. The character I’m comparing between both movies is Grendel. In Beowulf and Grendel 2005, Grendel appears as a human. Grendel had long hair and also acted like a child in the film. He had muscular features, he didn't use any weapons besides his bare