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How Is Beowulf Alike

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The epic poem Beowulf is about ponderous dragon, with razor sharp talons. The epic poem The Iliad is about a boundless warrior who rakes havoc one anyone that gets in their way. How could these two heroes be alike? There will to fight is one reason, but they couldn’t be any more diverse. The chilling dragon is more trustworthy than the boundless warrior. Both heroes are from hundreds of years ago, although Beowulf is a more modern hero. The beast is eventually more trustworthy than Achilles. In the epic poem Beowulf, he isn’t treated with any minute of respect. Beowulf is shown to be a threatening beast that will take down anyone. When Grendel wins the fight, he does something that is dishonoring to Beowulf. A quote explains what Beowulf did, “Hanging high from the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster’s arm, claw and shoulder and all” (Beowulf 356-358). This is a wonderful example of how nobody respects Beowulf so much that Grendel hung his arm up for everyone to look upon. On the other hand, many people respect the boundless warrior Achilles. One person that shows him respect is Hector. Before they start fighting, he said, “I’ll not insult your …show more content…

In the epic poem Beowulf, Beowulf says, “My hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster” (Beowulf 173-174). This is a pronounced quote that shows Beowulf will to fight anyone even with his bare hands. Nevertheless, in The Iliad Hector kills one of Achilles blood brothers and he goes to fight him even though he might die. Achilles enlightens his mother on why he will fight Hector, “I must reject this life, my heart tells me, if Hector does not feel my battering pay is his own blood for the slaughtering of Patroclus” (The Iliad 27-30). This shows that Achilles will fight anyone before they fight his friends. Both these characters show modern day characteristics, but who is the modern day

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