Beowulf Vs. The 13th Warrior
Some people say that the movie The 13th Warrior is almost a replica of the poem "Beowulf." The two stories resemble each other extremely, but also have many, many differences. The movie is an altered, more modern version of the poem. The book talks about history and goes more into depth about each event. The movie concentrates more on larger battles and real-life situations. Both the poem and the movie show this in almost all aspects besides that religion is still a very widespread topic. The major way that the poem and the movie show a similarity is that they both have an admirable hero. Although the hero is a huge part in the movie and the poem, he is more modified in the movie. The hero in the movie is a person within many other people and in the poem is one great hero and that's it. The world is moved not only by the mighty shove of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Quoted by Helen Keller) The poem was written at approximately the same time when religion was converting from Paganism to Christianity. Therefore, it shows both the religions throughout the story. The poem reveals that Paganism is evident through the superhuman characters. Beowulf is an obvious superhero. T
In addition to showing Islam, Ahmed exhibits a passion to love. He develops a strong relationship with a woman. In this relationship, the movie reveals that there is somewhat of a respect for women. Women in the movie also help in battle when they are needed. I think this shows that women are more respected and needed in the more modern, later years rather than in the earlier years. In the poem, it rarely speaks of women at all. The only mentioning of a woman is Grendal's mom. I don't think the characters in the poem would ever think of having any women helping them in battle. Correspondingly, having not spoken of women in the poem, they talk nothing of relationships. The poem is less interesting in this matter because adding factors of relationships and love in the movie make it much more interesting. The necessity of women in the movie expresses that the battles were fought very differently from the poem to the movie. In the poem the battles are often fought between two people. Beowulf acts as a super hero. He takes it upon himself to save the Danes from Grendal. In some battles he does not use weapons but merely his own hands, and he relies on his super strength. The poem makes the battles less believable. Beowulf does impossible things during battle, such as tearing off one of Grendal's arms. There is on
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