Beowulf tells the story of one of the most heroic men of Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to provide people with a sense of security, and is willing to go into danger despite possible harm to himself. He encounters terrifying monsters and the most brutal beasts, but he never fears the threat of death. Beowulf is the ultimate epic hero who risks his life countless times for great honor and for the good of others. Antigone is a tragic play in which the main character Creon suffers many losses and undergoes emotional pain and anguish. A target of the curse on the House of Oedipus by relation, Creon is also a victim of fate. At the end when realized his mistake, he forced to live, knowing that three people are dead because of his ignorance, which a pun

Furthermore, Beowulf and Creon had true epiphanies. Beowulf's tragic realization is that he knew that it was his time to die when fighting with the dragon, because he believed in the Lord. He still thanks God for his prosperous lifetime and he requests that the gold that he fought and died for be distributed to his people and a tower be erected in his name. "For this, this gold, these jewels, I thank our Father in heaven, Ruler of the earth, for all of this, that his grace has given me." (Unknown, 385) When Creon realizes that all of the blame for these deaths rests on him alone, he undergoes great suffering, and leaned valuable lessons of morality, moderation, piety, wisdom and humility. "Woe for the sins of a darkened soul, stubborn sins, fraught with death! Ah, ye behold us, the sire who hath slain, the son who hath perished! Woe is me, for the wretched blindness of my counsels! Alas, my son, thou hast died in thy youth, by a timeless doom, woe is me! Thy spirit hath fled, not by thy folly, but by mine own!" (Sophocles, 94)

ishment worse than death. He is classified as the tragic hero.

Finally, Beowulf and Creon both suffer the wrath of fate. Throughout all Greek tragedies and myths, people and even Gods have attempted to evade their fate, but have never been able to do so. "Sad was his spirit, restless and ready, And the march of Fate immeasurably near; Fate that would strike, seek his soul's treasure, and deal asunder the spirit and flesh. Not long was his life encased in the body!" (Unknown, 372) At the end of Beowulf's story, fate was soon to run its course and he would loose his life in battle with the dragon. When Creon losses his future daughter-in-law, Antigone, by initiating her death, his son through suicide, and his wife by suicide as well, he suffers the great pain and anguish. Creon is affecte

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