Beowulf‚ the best warrior in Geatland‚ fights numerous enemies for King Hrothgar and his people in Daneland. Monsters are no match for his strength and skill in battle. However‚ Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. fought a different kind of battle‚ against racism on the other side of the world and in a different era. This leader of the civil rights movement had his hands full with this major problem. So how could these two people possibly be alike? Beowulf and Dr. King are similar because they are both loyal
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1b) The three examples of sympathy and no sympathy in Beowulf‚ the first of Beowulf telling his very boastful story‚ one of Grendel origins and the third of feeling sympathy for Grendel because of his origins. The first is when the reader is supposed to not feel sympathy for Beowulf when he boasts about his adventure at sea "...I was the strongest swimmer of all. / …. Each of us swam holding a sword‚ / a naked‚ hard- proofed blade for protection/ against the whale- beast. /.... pinned fast/ and swathed
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Beowulf is considered an epic hero for all his battles in his book “Beowulf”. Beowulf was known for many battles‚ but I the book he was in three epic battles. Some of his battles include killing five sea monsters‚ Grendel‚ and his own son. He also was known to have fought and killed Grendel’s mother‚ even though he didn’t. He also became the king of Herot. Him being an epic hero is why he was laid in the tower‚ that the Geats had built him‚ with all the treasures from Grendel’s mothers lair. The
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Epic heroes will put their own particular lives at risk for others rather than their self’s. They give the ordinary citizens a strong belief that all is good and they show respect in each demonstration. Beowulf will place himself in danger‚ and he acknowledges the test of battling Grendel‚ for the respect of causing the gates and to respect his dad‚ who vowed his devotion to Hrothgar after quarrel had been settled. This demonstration shows Beowulf’s solid feeling of obligation‚ another courageous
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Reputation is merely the thought of how someone perceives you but when that thought is diminished it can change a whole situation. It’s vital to know the importance of reputation because you would never call on somebody with a bad rep to help you out in a time of need or distress. Having a good or bad reputation dictates the way that people feel about you as well as what they think about you. Bringing me to my next point in the story of Beowulf‚ it’s all about heroes and monsters. Seemingly the hero
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Claude McKay was a Jamaican poet who created a literary movement and heavily influenced the tone for the Harlem Renaissance. In “If We Must Die”‚ he expresses how he wants to retaliate for prejudice and abuse of African-Americans within a english sonnet. McKay employs the english sonnet form to create a couplet that explains the purpose of this fight as the quatrains describe how they will fight. In the first quatrain McKay introduces the the issue; it is announced that they are being attacked.
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In the movie “Clash of the Titans”‚ Perseus saves the city of Argos from the kraken. In the Greek story Clash of the Titans‚ Perseus saves his mother from marrying King Polydectes. The movie and story are similar for the most part‚ aside from what Perseus’s goal is in the end of the plot. The movie and story both focus mainly on Perseus’s adventure threw the wilds‚ trying to slay Medusa to get her head. Both the movie and the story have Perseus receive help from a godly being. Perseus goes to
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The film A Whisper to a Roar takes a look at the maneuvers taken by leaders to say in power using the analogy of a dragon ruling over a defenseless town. In the analogy the filmmakers introduce a warrior from the very same town who challenges and vanquishes the dragon and assumes leadership. Due to the wealth and power granted to the warrior after his defeat of the dragon‚ he abandons his values and transforms into a new dragon. The filmmakers use this parallel idea of a leader who comes into power
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Eragon is the first instalment in the Inheritance Cycle. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini is a four book sequence set in the magical land of Alagaesia‚ which currently ruled by the evil usurper Galbatorix. The only hope that the rebels have is a dragon hatched to a farm boy named Eragon in a remote settlement at the edge of the Empire. The book tells the story of a farm boy named Eragon‚ who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. Not knowing the stone’s origin or worth‚ he attempts
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This poem does show the Anglo-Saxon values and culture in many situations‚ but it is hard to tell whether or not the poem is celebrating the culture or if it is an indictment of it. For the most part‚ though‚ I believe it is celebrating this culture. The death of Beowulf certainly shows the values of loyalty and courage. Not only was it brave of Beowulf to give his life in order to protect his people‚ but it was also brave and loyal of Wiglaf to come to Beowulf’s side when he needed someone the
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