Fame And Ambition In The Iliad And Beowulf

The Anglo-Saxon time period is marked with trials of courageous men sacrificing themselves for the sake of others in battle. By defeating the egregiously violent monster Grendel, Beowulf not only becomes a true Anglo-Saxon due to his bravery, but he demonstrates the Anglo-Saxon value of fame. The poet displays Beowulf’s bravery through his actions and words throughout the epic story. When Beowulf encounters a fearsome dragon, the poet mentions that “He [Beowulf] had scant regard/for the dragon as a threat, no dread at all/of its courage or strength” (Beowulf 2347-2349).

Neriah Fisher Ms Katz When The Unexpected becomes Expected The parallels of the stories of Beowulf and David and Goliath demonstrate how readers expect the triumph of the underdog which challenges the underdog itself. An underdog is a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest. In both stories the battle tactics played out by the underdogs turned the battle into a battle of strength rather than a battle of weapons. Beowulf wanted the battle to be an even match and he wanted to show his strengths as a hero without using weapons.

Bravery is one of the qualities that would make Beowulf a hero today. In the epic, he faces many powerful enemies that he must overcome. When he fights his greatest foe a dragon he is much older. His courage urges him into the battle even though his age has weakened him. Before his battle with his greatest foe he shows his

Odysseus embodies the traits of an epic hero because he is a great warrior, is a noble birth, does good deeds, faces evil, has humility, traveled many places, and is a national hero. First, Ody shows he is an epic hero through his noble birth. He was born to be the King of Ithaca, loved by all. This showed he was an epic hero because he was not a commoner, but had a high place in society. Along with being the King of Ithaca, Ody was a great warrior in the Battle of Troy.

“‘You have won the game.’ Rainsford did not smile. ‘I am still a beast at bay…’Get ready General Zaroff’” (20) He doesn’t kill Zaroff for any reason other than revenge. By beast at bay Rainsford is saying he doesn’t have anywhere to go, so he wants to fight Zaroff, until someone dies which is ironic because Rainsford states that he is against killing another human being when he first meets Zaroff at the beginning of the story.

After getting over the ordeal and moving on he went to go and see his father and talk to him about what happened why he didn’t try to help him and Hades informed him that he was always looking out for him and that he should stay in hell because it would a safe play always from the way between the gods and Titans but Nico did not like the idea of running from a fight. Nico has the power of hell allowing him to summon skeletons to help him fight he also fight with a sword. Nico would have done almost anything in order to get his beloved sister back after all his mother dead and he didn’t know he had a father so his sister was all he had. Percy was the first to befriend him and show him what he is truly made of and why people should be treated equally. There was no cabin for the kids of Hades and that didn’t seem right because every other god had a cabin at camp half-blood.

When the two families were at the party Tybalt told his father that he was going to kill Romeo. Tybalt 's father said that Tybalt would not and Tybalt pushed his father and yelled then stormed off. [1.5.53-90] “Patience performance with willful choler meeting/Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting/ I will withdraw;but this intrusion shall/ Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall.”. This proves the thesis because Tybalt gets mad when his father says that he can not kill Romeo. The king wants peace but Tybalt is blind to this peace.

He believed it was his fault the fire dragon had come and destroyed his people’s homes as Grendel once did. Beowulf believes The Geats and himself deserve revenge due to the burning of their homes and their luxurious hall. He would “leave this brief life, but would take the dragon with him, tear it from the heaped-up treasure it had guarded so long”(lines 42-44). 19) Before proceeding to his battle with the fire dragon, Beowulf prepared with his armour, his sword, and a shield. He did not need any of this equipment when battling Grendel and his mother, because he knew he had the strength to defeat them without full protection.

Hamlet thinks killing Claudius when he is fit for heaven would be like paying Claudius for the murder of his father. “He took my father grossly, full of bread; With all his crimes

Still, each of these motivations brings a heated force to Hector and Achilles fight. Although Hector know’s he’ll most likely die in battle, he goes anyway, fearful of “hearing [his family’s] cry as [they] are dragged away” (Homer 254.490). Achilles rage is doubled by his best friends death, and I believe this is what makes Hector cower when they finally meet to fight. Hector knows Achilles is fueled by more than just honor for himself; he needs to fulfill Patroclus’ honor as well. Hector has said his final words to his wife and son, and after drawing in his courage and a valiant attack with his spear, he is defeated.

Hector’s cowardliness overwhelms him in his paramount battle with Achilles. He attempts to take a stand against Achilles, but envisions that he is no match, and is overcome by his emotions and retreats from battle. Throughout the Trojan army, moments of cowardliness take over the Trojans when they are going to engage in a fight. This demonstrates how the Trojans, while noble, may lose that nobility in battle as their emotion of fear overcomes

Beowulf has a couple of different heroes that vary in what they do. Beowulf is always described as a selfless hero who fights for justice. “Thus Beowulf bore himself with valour; he was formidable in battle yet behaved with honour and took no advantage” (Beowulf 149). When the warriors

During the war, hiccup finally had a chance to see Drago. Even though his mother and father told him not persuade Drago, because he is a dangerous person, he still went up to him anyway. Hiccup didn’t understand that Drago’s plan was take over the world with his dragon army and he was willing to do anything in order for that to happen. On the bloody battle field while everything was going on, Hiccup stopped in front of Drago for a discussion, and he soon realized that he could not do anything to stop him. On top of that, not only was Drago not persuaded at all, in the matter of facts Hiccup even lost control of his dragon Toothless to Drago’s command.

The mother of Grendel had revenge and also made a promise to Beowulf and at the same time Beowulf is so easily tempted by the promises that offered to him. The people of cyld worship and thank him for being their hero until he becomes a king of kingdom of cyld. As the year past he still can fight and still role the kingdom proper and sustain. When the monster attack his kingdom which his son, the dragon try to ruin his kingdom, but because of his friend that help him to fight until the end he

“True war heroes traditionally were those who were able to overcome danger, those for whom their true character came out under stress” (Cannon 3). A true hero starts off with a call to action where he or she must make the decision of whether to go or not. When the hero decides to go they will embark on a journey that will transform them into the hero they are now. Similar to Beowulf when Hrothgar asked for his help with fighting Grendel. Beowulf then sailed across the sea to Hrothgar’s kingdom and rid the Danes of Grendel saving thousands of lives while risking his own.