Comparing Monomyth In The Odyssey And The Lord Of The Rings

Beowulf and his soldiers proceed to the dragon’s castle to terminate it; Beowulf has to fight the dragon himself, because his men are scared. Wiglaf told them that they are acting cowardly for not helping their king, he then steps in to save his dying king. Beowulf and Wiglaf kill the dragon, but Beowulf dies. He dies being greedy, telling Wiglaf he wants to see the treasure and how he wants people to remember

Since Grendel is going to fight without the use of weapons, Beowulf creates equality and therefore earns himself even more respect by doing the same. The less confident King Arthur on the other hand fights only with weapons. Once his wounds were amended his first thought was, "I have no sword," followed by the task of finding him one. This demonstrates Arthur's relative weakness in his dependence on weapons when held in comparison to Beowulf's willingness to fight a creature greater than himself with nothing but his bare hands. It is this that I feel best illustrates Beowulf's

He takes hold of the axe and, cuts off the knight’s head. Before going away, the Green Knight reminds Sir Gawain to seek him a year later at the Green Chapel. One year later, on Christmas Day, Sir Gawain begins to seek the Green Chapel and the Green Knight. The chivalric quest begins. In this context, the aim of this paper is to analyze the view of Sir Gawain’s quest in terms of its reality or not, and whether he is a perfect knight or not.

The dragon ignited the Geats homes and land to ashes. However, this caused Beowulf to fight the dragon. Knowing he is aging, he cannot fight the dragon on his own, and decided to ask the Thanes to help him to finish his last quest. The Thanes decide to participate, but quickly leave in terror due to the dragon’s fiery breath, leaving Wiglaf at his side (Beowulf. 3066-3075).

He created a plan in which he would kill the King's enemies including The Sky, The Flying Snow, and The Broken Sword so that he could get the reward of approaching the King to carry out his assassination. As requested by the King, Nameless recounted how he defeated those

Hades responded with “Do you think I want a war, godling?” (Riordan 311). Percy found out that he had the lightning bolt the whole time, it was in the backpack that Ares gave to him. They left the underworld by smashing pearls at there feet to float themselves back to the Santa Monica Pier. Ares was there and Percy fought with Ares and then Ares said “You have made an enemy godling, you have sealed your fate. Every time you raise your blade in battle, every time you hope for success, you will feel my curse.

This leads into a second theme: greed will eventually strike you back. Cronus is greedy for power, and to ensure that he remains ruler, he devours his children, which results in drastic consequences. This greed for power leads him to committing terrible sins, and he pays for it by facing horrible punishments.Zeus tortures Cronus by trapping him in the Tartarus forever. Cronus’ greed is what nets him the harsh punishments from Zeus. If he didn’t commit these terrible sins, there is a chance that he stays ruler of the Universe.

The text describes Beowulf’s strength by stating, “But Beowulf longed only for fame leaped back into battle. He tossed his sword aside, angry; the steel-edged blade lay where he dropped it. If weapons were useless he’d use his hands, the strength in his fingers.” (457-462). Beowulf realizes that his sword is ineffective against the mighty mother of Grendel. He gives up on a useless weapon and attacks the terrifying monster with his bare hands.

Kronos decides that Percy is his greatest enemy because Percy stops his plot to destroy Olympus in the first book of the series. Throughout the rest of the series, Kronos always finds ways to try to kill Percy and his friends. Kronos knows Percy is the key to taking down Olympus due to a prophecy from the oracle, therefore Kronos will try to kill Percy at any chance. Kronos and Percy’s fates are intertwined. Kronos is always trying to alter the great prophecy by trying to manipulate and taunt Percy.

When Odysseus yells out his real name to the Cyclops, as Odysseus and his crew of men were trying to escape the cave of the Cyclops “Cyclops-if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so,-say Odysseus raider of cities” (Homer, 21) Odysseus can be rather arrogant at times. Odysseus did not want the credit of stabbing a Cyclops in the eye go to “Nobody”. So, he told Polyphemus his real name. Odysseus wanted everyone to that it was he who took down the mighty Cyclops. However, like many other heroes, they are not perfect all the time.