Beowulf

Beowulf’s tale of heroism, monsters and treasure has been retold, and remade many times. In fact one of my favorite movies, 13 Warrior, mimics this story. d is almighty, and with him you can do anything, but without him you’ll do nothing. Both ideas area also shared in the Christian view of the world. He admits that without God, the fight would have ended immediately. This was shown by Beowulf’s discovery of the sword in Grendel’s mother’s cave. The story ends with Beowulf giving his well-deserved treasure to a loyal follower, and the follower in turn performs an act of pure unselfishness, and buries the treasure with Beowulf. Beowulf isn’t the only one that recognizes God’s power. An act that would sit very high in Christian religion and in the minds of many others, religious or not

. However none quite capture the same religious and cultural views as the original work. In the story, before Beowulf fights Grendel’s mother, he references to God’s protection over him. Hrothgar tells him of the downfalls of being selfish, and being too proud. Beowulf also highlights the idea that God provides you with the necessary tools to accomplish anything.