Compare And Contrast Grendel And Beowulf

A hero is someone is who is courageous, fearless, admirable, and humble. Someone who puts others needs before their own. Someone who is selfless.

A villain is someone who is evil. Someone who is greedy and self-absorbent Someone who only does things that benefits them only, and does not care how their actions affect others.

In this assigned literature, the villains in this piece are Grendel and Grendel's, mother. Grendel is a villain because he was a jealous monster. He was jealous of the hall-building that Hrothgar built. He envied the laughter he would hear from the people in the building every day. He then attacks the sleeping heroes in the building, slaughtering them. This went on for two days straight. Once Grendel was killed, his mother seeks out to avenge her son's death. She kills Escher (Hrothgar's shoulder companion). Grendel and Grendel's mother only does things for their-self. They do not think or care how their actions affect others, and the consequences that shortly follows their actions.

The heroes in this piece are Hrothgar and Beowulf.

One of the reasons Hrothgar is a hero is because he built a building named Heorot. Heorot was essentially built for great treasures. It was a place people loved and admired. Another reason why Hrothgar is a hero is that when he could not handle the Grendel problem, he put his pride to the side and asked for help from Beowulf. He wasn't afraid to look like a failure, he did it for the people. So no one would live in fear. Beowulf is also a hero in this piece because he is humble. When he and Grendel first set out to fight, he stated he would not use weapons because Grendel does not use weapons. He wanted the fight and victory to be fair. Beowulf dies in honor, he dies after killing Grendel and barely getting away from Grendel's mother. Beowulf displays true

courage.
n Beowulf, the absence of the fear of death is the hero’s central characters and this is prevalent in the daily life of the hero. This is important because a hero should perceive all human life as precious and worth protecting, and this is the bedrock of the advancement of a beginning of western’s civilization step towards humanism and pro-democratic partisan transformations that is beginning to come to terms with humanity.