Compare And Contrast Beowulf And Dantes Inferno

Both Dante and Beowulf went through life changing journeys. However their end results where very different. Beowulf was warned about his prideful ways, but chose to ignore that warning and continued on the path that led to his death. For Dante, he heard the warning and took it with him through this journey in purgatory and was able to grow spiritually from it and came out truly enlightened. Both travelers struggled with some form of earthly sin that was hindering them in some aspect of their life. Beowulf found himself struggling mostly with pride while Dante found all seven deadly sins related to him in certain ways. Both travelers where given the opportunity to overcome these fatal flaws and continue on in life. However, Beowulf chose to fall deeper into his pride and it ultimately led him to his death, while Dante chose to rise above his sinful way and it blessed him in spiritual growth and gave him an enlightened life.
The end result of one’s journey varies for each person, portrayed by Beowulf and Dante. Both endured famous journeys, but differed by one ending in death and the other ending in life. Dante chose to over come his fatal flaws, the seven deadly sins, and grew spiritually and gained a greater life. Beowulf chose to give into his fatal flaw, pride, and found himself fall short and lost his life. Every human has this choice, to uncover our flaws to overcome them and find a life of enlightenment, or to choose the life of sinful desires and fall upon the path the leads us to