Parallels Between Beowulf and The Hobbit
Parallels between Beowulf and The Hobbit “Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn . . . his scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal . . .. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.” (Job :1-2,15,19) When you take the time to compare modern stories about dragons with ancient one’s it becomes obvious that modern writers use the same “model dragon” for their dragon character as did the ancient writers. Between the epic Beowulf and the modern “epic” The Hobbit, there are many parallels. The dragons have the same type of bed. They sleep on a mound of stolen treasure. “A king’s ransom ofancient treasure lay in that earth house. Once, long ago, a noble warrior had given the matter grave thought before he hid that vast inheritance dear to his people . . . . . . a kingdoms bounty, priceless rings and plated gold a worthy hoard! (2232-36,2244-46)” In The Hobbit the dragon is introduced by saying: “there he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep . . . Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious things,
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Approximate Word count = 861
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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