Characteristics Of Jesus In Beowulf

Characteristics of Jesus in the Hellenistic Culture vs. Beowulf in the Anglo Saxon Culture How would one define a person as a “hero”? Those from different time periods have different cultural beliefs that could contribute to their definition of a hero. Those from the Anglo-Saxon culture, from which the character Beowulf comes, may have different views on various heroic attributes compared to those who were raised in the Hellenistic culture from which Jesus comes. Although Beowulf, from the epic poem Beowulf, was known to be the greatest king and most favored warrior of the Anglo-Saxon time period, in Hellenistic culture, Jesus, whom one would learn about from the Holy Bible, came face to face with the devil, was tortured, and in the end,
Due to the death of her son, the mother of Grendel became furious, attacking and killing anyone she could get her hands on. In order to stop the killing, Beowulf went head to head with the terrifying monster, “And in an instant she had him down, held helpless. Squatting with her weight on his stomach, she drew a dagger, brown with dried blood, and prepared to avenge her only son” (“Adventures in English…” 620-623). Although some may believe that the mother of Grendel was being cruel and evil for the killing innocent people, it was actually custom for the Anglo-Saxons to react in this way when a family member died. As Michael Delahoyde writes in his scholarly article, Anglo-Saxon Culture, “and not to avenge the death of a family member was a social disgrace, so endlessly intricate blood-feuds generated perpetual excuses for going to war. The two alternatives for ending a blood-feud were 1) paying "wergild" -- the man price...” (Delahoyde). Due to the death of her son, Grendel’s mother started a blood feud with the Danes since they failed to pay weregild; although it may seem wrong, in the Anglo-Saxon culture, it was a way of