¶ … embedded values within the Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon communities through their fundamental belief systems. In particular, it seeks to uncover the underlying similarities as also the divergence apparent in the cultures by addressing the implication of embracing the Christian religion to the Anglo-Saxon successors who followed the traditional belief in Norse gods by the Germanic ethnic group and the culture of a heroic fighter that are still living under extremely risky circumstances. This paper uses the epic 'Beowulf' to highlight the correspondence between the two cultures.
The writer of this poem was unenlightened, Anglo-Saxon and of the Christian faith. He used the character of Beowulf to talk about the factors regarding culture and Christ, which still affect us. The writer strives to bring out the similarities between Christ and Beowulf through concerted effort: From Beowulf's simple "baptism," his assumed demise at a time the poet called "ninth hour," followed by his "resurrection," to the time when he battles a dragon, where he is accompanied by his twelve friends, and is betrayed by one while the rest abandon him. There is only one, however, who does not abandon him; Wiglaf. The obvious reference is to John, Christ's dearly loved disciple (Williams, 2007).
Beowulf: The Poem
The principles of good leadership by the Anglo-Saxon are also found in today's political process in America. There is a part in the poem that points out the method for being politically productive. It talks about a certain good prince, "by giving...
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And all that would remain would be their brothers to mourn them, inconsolable. The anxiety expressed by this poem is acutely felt and accurately represents the norms of the era. During this era, if someone was killed by someone else, the family of the slain person would have to kill the murderers in order to avenge the death of their beloved. Thus, it makes perfect sense that the poem goes
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A hero's failure in the face of adversity is more common in the Japanese struggle, perhaps because the author had to make the narrative conform to history, at least in some of its elements. Also, rather than show how the good works of the hero support all good people, even people who are not immediate members of Beowulf's kingdom, "Heike" is a military struggle of 'us vs. them' although
Beowulf and I is an Other Metaphor in Beowulf and I is an Other James Geary states that "metaphor grounds even the most abstract ideas in the physiological facts of our bodies" (96). This is nowhere more true than in the medieval epic Beowulf, which uses fantastic physiological feats of strength and body to illustrate the abstract principles of virtue and nobility in the epic's hero. This paper will provide a metaphorical
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