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Summary Of Heaney And Beowulf
In this era that Beowulf is in, it's prime time for warriors, and the culture displayed in each poem
forwards it. In this time warriors hold the power, possibly even more than kings, and in this way
of life Beowulf thrives, and people take notice. Eventually, he obtains a position of power and leads
his people to a time of peace. However, the peaceful time is cut short when Beowulf dies and leaves
his people with no hair to take over. Beowulf protected his people so well he shielded them from
the flaws of their own ways making them ignorant in their own ways of life, and upon his death they
were exposed to all the overwhelmingly problems, leading them to a downward spiral towards their
own destruction.
Some views on Heaney's and Wilbur's...show more content...
Interestingly in both poems, Grendel is described with more emotion targeting adjectives, and fewer
physical. Some deeper thinking on the subject could lead to a few meanings, but one particular
seems to match a continuous motif in the poems; Showing emotions is a taboo in this warrior
dominated society.
Continuing on the subject of emotions, the story has other characters that feel an emotion and are
seen as weak, cowards, or demons; not pleasant things to be seen as. To give an example would be
during Beowulf's last battle. "The battle–dodgers abandoned the wood, The ones who had let down
their lord earlier, The tail–turners, ten of them together. When he needed them the most, they had
made off. Now they were ashamed and came behind shields, In their battle–outfits, to where the old
man lay."(Heaney 2846) this excerpted is where the warriors, that ran away, return to their fallen
king. In this quote, the description of the warriors is many things, but forgiving is not one. The
warriors felt fear and acted upon it. This leaves the reader, who is immersed in this world and
adapted to think in the warrior's societal views, to mark them as cowards and to shame them.
However this idea of sociopathic society is a very interesting due to having Beowulf only being
described as a brutal warrior, but he is also a prime example of what a man should be. Although, he
lacks what most people say make people human, emotions.
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Summary Of Heaney And Beowulf

  • 1. Summary Of Heaney And Beowulf In this era that Beowulf is in, it's prime time for warriors, and the culture displayed in each poem forwards it. In this time warriors hold the power, possibly even more than kings, and in this way of life Beowulf thrives, and people take notice. Eventually, he obtains a position of power and leads his people to a time of peace. However, the peaceful time is cut short when Beowulf dies and leaves his people with no hair to take over. Beowulf protected his people so well he shielded them from the flaws of their own ways making them ignorant in their own ways of life, and upon his death they were exposed to all the overwhelmingly problems, leading them to a downward spiral towards their own destruction. Some views on Heaney's and Wilbur's...show more content... Interestingly in both poems, Grendel is described with more emotion targeting adjectives, and fewer physical. Some deeper thinking on the subject could lead to a few meanings, but one particular seems to match a continuous motif in the poems; Showing emotions is a taboo in this warrior dominated society. Continuing on the subject of emotions, the story has other characters that feel an emotion and are seen as weak, cowards, or demons; not pleasant things to be seen as. To give an example would be during Beowulf's last battle. "The battle–dodgers abandoned the wood, The ones who had let down their lord earlier, The tail–turners, ten of them together. When he needed them the most, they had made off. Now they were ashamed and came behind shields, In their battle–outfits, to where the old man lay."(Heaney 2846) this excerpted is where the warriors, that ran away, return to their fallen king. In this quote, the description of the warriors is many things, but forgiving is not one. The warriors felt fear and acted upon it. This leaves the reader, who is immersed in this world and adapted to think in the warrior's societal views, to mark them as cowards and to shame them. However this idea of sociopathic society is a very interesting due to having Beowulf only being described as a brutal warrior, but he is also a prime example of what a man should be. Although, he lacks what most people say make people human, emotions. Get more content on HelpWriting.net