Gender In Beowulf

332 Words1 Page

Gender expectations have been withheld throughout time, and also throughout culture. In different genres of literature, the reader sees these gender expectations displayed through the characters with examples and nonexamples of the expectation. The anonymous Anglo-Saxon era author of Beowulf provides an excellent example of the culture. Hero comes in and saves the village numerous times from three different villains in the poem. Beowulf ultimately comes to his end on his last battle against a dragon. Beowulf is seen as the medieval male expectation. William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth was to be performed for King James I. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth strive for power regardless of moral values. The rise, and eventual fall, of Macbeth was fueled

Open Document