Beowulf versus The Preacher
The epic poem Beowulf, composed in 100 A.D., describes three battles of ancient hero Beowulf with monsters. More than 1500 years later, A. Foster's Pale Rider displayed another hero-The Preacher, who brought justice and peace back to innocent gold miners. Both of them dealt with heroes, who fight with monsters and dare to face death. Despite of these similarities, Beowulf and The Preacher, two heroes in different times and social environments, embody sharp differences in the way they fight, the provocation they rise to, and the motive of their heroic action.The way which Beowulf and The Preacher adopted to fight with monsters, even sharing sort of similarity, is quite different to defeat their rivals. When aware that the monster Grendel was not armed, Beowulf decided to "remove his iron breast-mail, took off the helmet and handed his attendant the patterned sword" (line 671-673). Beowulf made an impartial duel for Grendel by fighting himself and wrestling with his bare hands. Unlike Beowulf's unusual physical strength, endowed by nature, The Preacher in Pale Rider, thin and pale in his appearance, can fight smartly and shrewdly. When Club's bluff failed to make The Preacher to give up, Josh Lahood suggested Club to do something
The Preacher praised Conway's courage, but did not choose one-to-seven game. Instead of proving his bravery, Preacher was reluctant to expose Hull's life to a grave task. Prior to the giant's sledge touching its target, The Preacher "casually brought his weapon around and up lightly, to catch the giant square between his legs. The Preacher in Pale Rider plodded himself through a bunch of jungles in Carbon Canyon, where the law could not effectively act. In contrast, The Preacher acted more like a catalyst, which stimulating the courage and spirit of people. Probably, Beowulf thought a victory with aid of others would be less worthy for him to get admired and prove his own bravery. They insulted and cruelly killed old Conway. The raid of Lahood's horsemen was almost successful, which made the residents in Carbon Canyon exhausted physically and mentally. Like Beowulf willing to fight alone, The Preacher trickly excluded Hull from his own fight with Stockburn, although Hull's huge rifle can shoot a buffalo. More virtuously, The Preacher stuck to his position when facing the intimidation of Club, the temptation of Coy Lahood, and threat of the cold-blood killer Stockburn. The Heorot Hall, a glory and pride symbol of Dane, was attacked and occupied by Grendel. The Grendel's "fatal departure was regretted by no-one who witnessed his trail, the ignominious marks of his flight where he'd skulked away, exhausted in spirit and beaten in battle, bloodying the path," (840-844). On the other hand, the differences embodied in Beowulf and The Preacher, two heroes of different eras, indicate the development of hero concept in our history. The Heorot Hall was refurbished and was full of songs and joys again.
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