Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Beowulf the epic poem and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde both have some sort of way of portraying evil in our english literature beowulf “the hero” was created some time in the
7th and 8th century by an unknown anglo saxon poet. Beowulf background info. States
“comes from the OLD ENGLISH or ANGLO-SAXON Literary and Historical period of what was then ancient Britannia. This period of Old English extends from about 450 to
066, the year of the Norman-French conquest of England led by William of Normandy or known as William the Conqueror.” According to About Education “Beowulf may have been composed as an elegy for a king who died in the seventh century, but there is little evidence to indicate whom that king may have been.” Throughout the epic poem
Beowulf prepares himself to

I’ve never heard of another man who fought such a battle. I was exhausted, but I was alive. I was swept ashore on a beach in Finland. I’ve never heard of you fighting such a battle. It’s not bragging on my part to say that neither you nor Breca can match up to me with a sword. You are responsible for the deaths of your family and will pay for it in hell.” Grendel portrays the role of evil in our today's society literature. PG. 71 in the
Book Quotes. “Grendel had cruelly killed earlier- as he would have killed more, had not mindful God and one man’s daring prevented that doom.
Hrothgar was a king over his country, and a very powerful ruler. He built a hall, called Heorot, where his warriors gathered to drink, get gifts from their lord, and listen to the many different stories of the other people. The jubilant noise from the hall angered the horrible demon named Grendel who lived in the swamplands. Grendel terrorized the
Danes people every night, killing them and defeating their efforts to fight back. The people suffered many years of fear, danger, and death at the hands of Grendel.
Beowulf decided after hearing and seeing the fear in the people of Danes to