J. R. R. Tolkien has suggested that the theme of Beowulf deals with “Man alien in a hostile world, engaged in a struggle, which he cannot win...”
Tolkien has set an important point by relating this theme to Beowulf, making it clear that we can’t have a struggle-absent life in this world. He states that we must fight evil, face opposition in all aspects of our life. There is no doubt that we all face the inconveniences of opposition, and it is also true that we all suffer and many people will be knocked down by those forces, but I don’t agree that everyone will be defeated at the end. I stand for people who has the strength to fight back and never give up on problems or on facing evil, whether evil represents problems or temptation or…
Today we face a different alienation compared to the one they faced before—say, in Beowulf’s times. In the old days people were unknown is society unless they had the so-called heroic code: loyalty, courtesy and p
Beowulf was remembered in his days because little by little he acquired fame, because he defeated monsters. Today people fight against a different kind of alienation. Some people try to find their identities in drugs, or alcohol and they never find it. Others get lost in their pursuit of money or economical interests that can’t take with them at the end when they leave, they are not fighting dragons or monsters to gain fame, and fame does not rely on that. If people fall into these evils they will face the same fate, die without what they earned in life and their memory will end right there. For people who believe in life after death, fallowing these evils will be a terrible mistake; for people who are just looking for fame in this world it will be a success. But neither one of them will take with them what they acquired on this place when they die. They will end up like Beowulf, without all his rewards and treasures given for defeating monsters.
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