The Theme Of Treasure In Beowulf

For these valiant efforts against the monster he is rewarded with all the treasures of the hoard. It is never made clear what exactly is included in the treasure, but we can assume that it is more metaphorical than tangible. Since we already know that Sigemund's name was remembered greatly even after his death, it is possible that the treasure symbolizes and constitutes the many heroic traits a warrior can possess. After Sigemund's triumph his "name was known everywhere...he was utterly valiant and venturesome." (Heaney 898-99).

However, in his later years, he begins to exhibit characteristics of greed and an obsession with gold and riches. In the minutes before his death, he even says “I want to examine that ancient gold, gaze my fill on those garnered jewels; my going will be easier for having seen the treasure” (185). He further demands that a barrow is constructed in his honor and named after him. These actions do not align with the good ideals he stood for and represented earlier in the poem; rather they seem to oppose them. However, despite this major change in Beowulf, one thing stays the same.

This little thing know as greed destroys many civilizations, and for what, riches?! According to John G. Burnett 's story, "a little Indian boy sold a gold nugget to a white trader, sealing the doom of the Cherokee." This one small nugget was probably the singlehandedly most important reason for the Trail of Tears. It wasn 't the nugget itself, it was the thought that came after. Everyone thought, if this small boy has a gold nugget, there must be plenty more, right?

By this I mean he boasts about his previous ventures and his success to come because this helps the Danes and King Hrothgar gain confidence in him concerning the defeat of Grendel. Beowulf’s confidence in this defeat of the monster helps boost the confidence of his dependents. It also shows how powerful words can be, what you say you must fulfill, your words must be actions, etc. Beowulf has established

Like so much in the American system, it was not devilishly contrived by some master plotters; it developed naturally out of the needs of the situation”( Zinn, 200). Most wars in America are not well planned which is a bigger problem because more men will die. To start, a war, men are needed to fight and the poor have no other option. The rich can pay their way out by the power and money that has always been in their favor. It is a significant problem

What Voltaire is ultimately conveying to the reader is that money cannot buy happiness. Raised in Westphalia, Candide was surrounded by greed and his life was ultimately affected by strength and wealth. The phrase “everything is for the best,” taught by Master Pangloss, clouds Candide’s judgement and makes him careless. What Master Pangloss was trying to teach Candide was that with every cause there is an effect and that it is best of all possible worlds. For example, Candide stumbled upon a utopian society called El Dorado which was literally a city of gold.

The Desolation of Smaug is the second movie of a three-part series. I choose this move because there are a lot of scenes that show the concisions of greed but I’m only ongoing to look at two the dragon greed for the gold and how it consumes him and makes him over confident, then there’s Bilo (the main character) and his golden ring that makes him invisible. The Gold ring makes Bilo greedy and obsessed with the ring. The greed that Bilo has for the ring creates an anger person inside and this is displayed well with in the film by him snapping at anyone that want to see the ring. After the first 6 weeks of class I watched The Desolation of Smaug again knowing I was doing my final paper on Greed and I know have a known found respect for anything doing with the Arts and Humanity.

Throughout life there is failure and people always strived on being successful,but sometime their success can be the death of them.In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a tragic stories that portrays success and failures of people in The Roaring Twenties.In this period the successful people are the one who are wealthy, while the failures are the poor. There are exception such as gaining success through illegal activities.Gatsby, this man who was one of the exception, sought out to be successful, went through numerous failures that finally turn him into successful person but this success was the death of

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, puts to the test the notions and ideals associated with wealth. He wrangles with the beliefs of money in relationship to power, prestige, and sexuality. However, Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s litmus test for these different experiments, dies near the end of the story and puts into question all the designs to which Gatsby has been sculpted in our minds throughout the text. While most of the book seems to purport, at least in degree, the idea that “money makes a man,” the death of Gatsby strikes a harsh blow to that philosophy in showing that Gatsby’s death resembles a cleansing experience for himself, closely resembling those of baptism and circumcision. Fitzgerald alludes to this cleansing experience

He decides his final decision by the push of Lady Macbeth. He tells her, “I am settled, and bend up/ Each corporal agent to this terrible feat” (I.7.79-80). Macbeth end ups murdering the king due to Lady Macbeth pushing his flaw even more. Banquo’s fate, on the other hand, was that his descendants were to become kings. Macbeth's flaw makes him become paranoid about Banquo’s children being king because he wants the throne for his own descendants and not his.