Beowulf Hero's Journey Analysis

The Geatish Prince, Beowulf, lept into combat when he discovered the apparent sufferings of his neighboring country... by the hand of a terrible demon called Grendel. This is the beginning of the poem epic; where our hero is immediately called to action. Other than these not-so-humble-beginnings, the poem expresses some light into the hero’s home origin, including that he was indeed a prince, from a long lineage of royalty. Beowulf came from the land of the Geats, which reigned as a land of great power and rule. So when he came to slay the beast that he had heard about, he was already in great stature and in great company. The origin besides this is not expressed in the tale, however.

The story begins with the lineage of the Danish royalty,

Most accurately paralleled, one could say, are the princes and kings of classic Disney films, such as the prince from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” or the prince from the film “Sleeping Beauty”. Both of these heros daringly go into the heat of battlet; for valor and for the girl. They’re both saviors in their own right, just as Beowulf is in his poem. They come, and they fight, and the do it for the sake of rescue; and for the sake of courage itself. Beowulf was the ancient “hero” prince, and his damsel in distress was his country. A very real and historical influence can be found in J.R.R.Tolkien’s Middle Earth narratives. Less-in-part do to Beowulf himself, but more due to the mythology surrounding his character. The basis from which he came, the world that he thrives in; Tolkien’s great love for grand mythological narrative such as had a great impact on his own works, and thus forth modern mythology and modern storytelling as a whole, for “Lord of the Rings” gained such public