Beowulf compare and contrast essay

Beowulf compare and contrast                                                                                   By: Sydney Kerr                                                                                                                 I found numerous differences between the movie and the text “Beowulf”.  Being that Beowulf was not really written by anyone in particular it’s a tale that was passed down.  Like any other tale like this, it is told and portrayed in many different ways.                                                                                                                                                       For example, in the text the protagonist Beowulf goes back to Sweden after his victory. This is where he resided before. However in the movie, he goes to Denmark and becomes king of the Danes. After Beowulf kills Grendel and he saves Denmark he is a hero. In both the text in the movie everyone is happy and welcomes him back.                                                                                                                          Also another difference from the text and the movie is that, Grendel attacks Herot while everyone is awake. The people of Herot  were celebrating and partying. Although, in the text, Grendel attacked while everyone was fast asleep. In both the text and the movie, they still weren’t expecting him to attack at all. Therefore, it was sneaky.                                                                                                                                                Another big difference from the movie and text is that, in the text Beowulf kills Grendel’s Mom instantly. However in the movie, Beowulf is seduced by her and they make love. Resulting from that, they had a human beast creature son. Although, they say he returned and said he killed her it’s a controversy there.                                                                               Finally with all this being said, the movie was fairly different in a few ways. Although, they also were fairly similar. They portrayed Beowulf in the same heroic way, but there are still a few differences in the events that happened and that what makes the movie and the book fairly different and unique.