they left behind for other people. The legacy that Beowulf left behind when he died was that of his reputation why he was alive and the treasure for his people. The legacy that Frodo left behind was that of the manuscript called The Lord of the Ring, which Bilbo and he both wrote.
Frodo left it to his best friend Sam before he left to leave with the elves.
The change from a tenth century hero to a modern hero in pieces of literary was one who was the strongest, smartest, best fighter, and compassionate to his people to a hero who is much meeker, compassionate, caring, empathetic, has others help when it is needed, and tries to help his friends when they needed it. The change in a hero from the tenth century to a more modern hero does show a change in our humanity. These works of literary reflect the values that their society holds. I feel that with the changes of the heroes in these two stories do reflect an improvement in our humanity. In Beowulf the only way you could have any type of glory was that when you killed someone, in The of Lord the Rings you just have to be well known or have a great destiny that was fated to them. The next thing is that Frodo can empathy with other characters as opposed to Beowulf who really does not empathy with others. Women have a little more value in the modern hero's story, they have names, play a role in the story, and somewhat independent. . Beowulf on the other hand did not treat women with respect, most of the female
characters did not even get a name. Also in the modern story of the hero women are not married off for a bride price like they are in Beowulf. Then the last thing that I feel is important is that the hero from the modern tail from The Lord of the Ring is a lot more relatable to the people reading then the hero from the tenth century because the hero is more what we are use to seeing in our on society. Though the hero’s tail from the tenth century is more realistic to people because it deals with a lot less magic than the modern day tail but it also gives an insight to the people from the tenth century and there life. I think that the changes in the heroes action from the past to now show a vast improvement of our humanity because it shows that the values have changed with the time and we find more positive emotions with the hero of the story, that makes it easier to relate to. The tenth century hero does show human emotions to but a lot of the time it is ones that our society today has a hard time to accept or is seen as bad like anger, revenge, and the sadness therfouth making him hard to or nearly impossibly to relate to.