Beowulf vs. The 13th Warrior
The Anglo-Saxon's wrote an epic poem more than 1200 years ago then around 1997, a movie, The 13th Warrior was produced based on Michael's Crichton's best-selling novel Eaters of the Dead. Both the story and the movie, tell the life of a people who fight evil beings to protect their land and property. In both renditions many battles took place. The 13th Warrior and Beowulf, despite their many similiarlities, the battles had differences in location, weapons, and the people who were involved. The biggest similiarlities between the two versions involved the location of the battles. In both the movie and the epic, the first battle takes place in the same spot. Both groups of people went to help Hrothgar's people and fought at Mead Hall. Also in the second battle of Beowulf and the third battle of The 13th Warrior, the battle took place underground in caves where they had to fight an evil woman. Even though their locations seem similar they are different. The biggest discripancy is the amount of battles. Beowulf contained three battles, while The 13th Warrior cont
Bravery was the method that Beowulf used during his first battle. He fought Grendel with both his hands and his feet and no weapons. Spears and swords were the weapon of choice for the warriors of The 13th Warrior. In every battle during the movie they fight with some kind of weapon while in the poem, during one battle, Beowulf shows bravery by not using weapons and fighting with his hands and feet only. In both the movie and the book, the people who were involved also shared many common ideas and differences. For instance, Hrothgar is a name mentioned in both. Also, not so obvious is a reference to a dragon. In The 13th Warrior, they believe that it is a dragon that is coming to attack them while in Beowulf his last battle is a dragon. In both stories there is a main herioc figure Beowulf and Buliwyf. Both heros are brave men who represent their people with courage and loyalty. Every aspect of these great depictions of Anglo-Saxon times shared its amount of similarities and differences. The battles happened to greatly show how both the story and the movie could be so greatly alike yest di
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