Beowulf A Hero's Journey
The poem “Beowulf” exemplifies Campbell’s claim of the call to adeventure. “Beowulf” was translated by Burton Raffel and is about how a king must protect his castle from a demon at night. “The Call to Adventure” was written by Joseph Campbell and is a guide for The Hero and what he does to become whatis known as the hero.
“Beowulf” exemplifies Campbell’s “Call to Advenutre” in many ways. In “Beowulf” after Grendel started taking men many people feared their lives and warrior after warrior would go and try to defeat him, but would never come back. That is how the call to adventure was initiated for Beowulf. In “The
Call to Advenutre” Kyazimba set out for something greater in his life. Anyone goingout to find something better is how “The Hero” in the adventure is made. That is why Beowulf would be represented as “The Hero”, becuase he traveled to defeat the demon of Heorot. After he heard about Grendel’s war he decided on his own to go fight against him and end this war.
Some people believe that “Beowulf” does not exemplify Campbell’s claim. However, that would be overlooking the importance of bravery. Beowulf faces the demons to fight for the protection of his people and the castle. Facing the demons could be the cause of his death, but he pushes through with his bravery.
This is some of the ways in which Campbell’s claims are exemplified trhoughout “Beowulf.” It is important to know that “Beowulf” examplifies Campbell’s claims because it motivates more people to “take an adventure.” Reading about other people going and achieving things makes you want to get up and achieve your goals. These stories show that if you motivate yourself you can do great things, no matter the obstacles. If you put yout mind to it and not give up, you can do anything.
“Beowulf” exemplifies Campbell’s “Call to Advenutre” in many ways. In “Beowulf” after Grendel started taking men many people feared their lives and warrior after warrior would go and try to defeat him, but would never come back. That is how the call to adventure was initiated for Beowulf. In “The
Call to Advenutre” Kyazimba set out for something greater in his life. Anyone goingout to find something better is how “The Hero” in the adventure is made. That is why Beowulf would be represented as “The Hero”, becuase he traveled to defeat the demon of Heorot. After he heard about Grendel’s war he decided on his own to go fight against him and end this war.
Some people believe that “Beowulf” does not exemplify Campbell’s claim. However, that would be overlooking the importance of bravery. Beowulf faces the demons to fight for the protection of his people and the castle. Facing the demons could be the cause of his death, but he pushes through with his bravery.
This is some of the ways in which Campbell’s claims are exemplified trhoughout “Beowulf.” It is important to know that “Beowulf” examplifies Campbell’s claims because it motivates more people to “take an adventure.” Reading about other people going and achieving things makes you want to get up and achieve your goals. These stories show that if you motivate yourself you can do great things, no matter the obstacles. If you put yout mind to it and not give up, you can do anything.