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    outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Maya Angelou and Beowulf both possessed the traits of a traditional hero. They both had endurance‚ strength‚ and patience when pursuing their victories. But‚ Maya Angelou was something more than traditional. This slight difference in her personality makes her the ideal hero.This trait would send her sky-rocketing in the hearts of people. This is what makes her ‘the real hero’. Although Beowulf has traits making him

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    Throughout Beowulf‚ the characters acknowledge the existence of God‚ and seek to give him credit for all earthly gifts. For instance‚ Hrothgar warns Beowulf that any earthly success comes from God‚ and one must remain humble or else he will bring about his own doom. The characters of Beowulf fundamentally believe that they do not earn the favor of God‚ but rather Gods graciousness comes despite their

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    The epic poem "Beowulf" and the motion picture "The 13th Warrior" are both very similar and at the same time distinct in various aspects. Both show how ordinary warriors become heroes and not necesssarily of the epic type. As well as how they differ in the way the plot occurs and how characterization is changed within the movie. Epic poem "Beowulf" and movie "The 13th Warrior" both take place in Hrothgar‚ an Anlgo-Saxon medieval town terrorized by malevolent demons. In "Beowulf" Hrothgar is terrorized

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    to perceive the estimation of computer games as a narrating medium‚ equivalent to that of writing‚ film and music. Numerous stories are comparable in light of the way of life they depend on‚ and the story they tell. This is the situation in both Beowulf and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim‚ generally called Skyrim for short. Both stories draw intensely from

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    but they also have some of the very same elements that make them interesting. The first thing is that both Beowulf and Frodo are both heroes even though they act very different and their stories are different. The next thing is the two heroes both go on a journey. They both have someone they can depend on. For Beowulf this would be Wiglaf who helps him defeat the dragon even though Beowulf killed it. For Frodo his friend Sam is the one he can deepened on. Sam tried to kept Frodo from falling into

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    something often an object that stands for a significant concept or series of ideas often a symbol is emblematic of the values of the characters. In the narrative Beowulf and the movie Star Wars‚ many aspects of symbolism are paralleled. In the movie Star Wars the most important examples are the Death Star‚ light sabers and the force. In Beowulf‚ some of the most important examples of symbolism are Grendel’s arm and head‚ the dragon’s treasure-trove Hrothgar’s mead-hall and Grendel’s cave. The mead-hall

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    jarls‚ the middle class or karls and the slaves or thralls”(Viking society:Nobles‚Freemen‚Slaves). Viking culture had a much different way to distribute power. The king would have all the power/control over everything. Going forward with this in Beowulf the main power

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    portrayal of Odysseus and his involvement in Trojan War. In the movie‚ the first we see of Odysseus is when he’s sent by the Mycenaean King and conqueror of Greece‚ Agamemnon‚ to persuade Achilles to join the Greek war effort because‚ I quote‚ "Odysseus is the only man he’ll listen to". The respect and belief placed in Odysseus further proves the amount of admiration Greeks hold in his ability as an eloquent speaker. In many of the texts‚ there is more to the pre-war story of Odysseus then mentioned

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    Beowulf and the 13th Warrior are two stories that are centered around the Anglo-Saxon culture and even though they have many things in common‚ there are a few key differences to the stories. These are two great stories that portray the Anglo-Saxon culture very well. The two stories both show good and evil‚ different companions‚ and how they memorialize the dead. The written story‚ Beowulf‚ can only describe some of the gruesome details. The movie however brought out some of those details into full

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    and lets the male‚ her husband Odysseus‚ represent the culture of their society. This is a concept that Irigary is heavily against and would criticize these depictions of women as being sexist and degrading. Irigary would rather have it such that the female is a more active member of society and seen as an equal to males in terms of religion and political thought instead of being locked up in the palace waiting for Odysseus. In the other two plays‚ Irigary would criticize them

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