Beowulf: Fierce and Compassionate Warrior

Epic Bellof is one of the oldest British poems in history. According to Norton's anthology, "This poem was created in the first half of the eighth century more than 120 years ago, although the author may be the Messiah of Central England today, it is one tenth. The century manuscript only preserving poetry originates in the southern part of Western Saxon (Norton 21) Although this poem originated in English, the tribe of "Danish Islands and South of Sweden" (Norton 22) (Danish and Geats ) I am talking about.

Character Beowulf - Beowulf hero, Beowulf is a Geatish warrior faithful to his king Hygelac. Beowulf's father is a warrior Ecgtheow and his mother is a sister of Hygelac. Despite his noble blood, Beowulf is still a juvenile offender, but his expectations are small. But he quickly proved that his skeptics were wrong and became a great warrior. He has the power of 30 people and his swimming ability is excellent. In addition to his great warrior skills, Beowulf eventually turned into a powerful, powerful, generous king.

Beowulf 's narrator emphasizes the importance of good fighters and good king. But as Beowulf's story goes on, good kings and warriors have similar characteristics like courage, loyalty, selflessness, and combat power, but the value of a good warrior and a good king is different from other It does not overlap by points. . It is a basic method. The difference between a good king and a good warrior comes from the difference in the role that the king and warrior play in society. The king, who is a guardian and care giver, has to put people's interests on the desires for glory and the desire for glory. A gentle king gifted generously with gifts and money and provided a safe haven for people to eat, drink, and socialize. Men or himself

Beowulf prepared a boat and chose 14 brave warriors to accompany him. They departed to Denmark and arrived the next day. At Heorot, Geats was welcomed by Hrothgar who knew Beowulf from a young age. The king grasped the feast for the Geatish warrior. At the banquet, the Danish warrior named Unferth insulted Beowulf and suggested that he was not too much fighter to kill Glendel too proud. Beowulf replied that he had never heard of the brave story of Unferth. He said that Grendel will not threaten Danes now if Unferth is as intense as he thinks. The provocative attitude of Beowulf is fun, and Floatger believes that Geatish warrior kills Grendel and releases the kingdom from monster evil.