The 13th Warrior Vs. Beowulf

Michael Crichton intertwined some aspects of Beowulf with his own thoughts to produce the drama, “The 13th Warrior.� Beowulf, written down by an unnamed Christian monk in the 8th century, served as a framework for the plot of “The 13th Warrior.� Beowulf and “The 13th Warrior� have many differences but the similarities that they share are more abundant through out the two pieces.
Instead of doing a direct translation of Beowulf, the writer of the “The 13th Warrior� used his creativity to fabricate a new story. To start off, “The 13th Warrior� is seen through the eyes of Antonio Banderas’ character, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, while Beowulf told the story of Beowulf from a third person point of view. The protagonists, Beowulf (Beowulf), and Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (“The 13th Warrior”) are of different ethnic groups; Beowulf is Swedish and Ahmed is Arabic. In “The 13th Warrior� groups of men fight the evil which is in the form of men dressed up as bears, possibly to seem more frightening, and their mother, who is an evil witch. Beowulf generally fights the evil, which is represented by Grendel and his mother, who are both monsters, descendants of Cain, alone. The warriors of �



	Beowulf vs. The 13th Warrior .... The 13th Warrior and Beowulf, despite their many similiarlities, the battles had differences in location, weapons, and the people who were involved. .... (748 3 )

	Beowulf vs 13th warrior .... Another aspect of these was the Good of the Community vs. .... Beowulf chose to fight the dragon for treasure .... the way the events occur in The 13th Warrior and Beowulf .... (459 2 )

	Beowulf vs. The 13th Warrior .... On the surface, Beowulf and "The 13th Warrior " are two very different epics. But as one delves deeper they find that in fact .... (746 3 )

	Beowulf vs. 13th Warrior .... share many common elements, such as three distinct apocalyptic battles; however "The 13th Warrior " only extracts a framework from its derivative, Beowulf. .... (896 4 )

of “The 13th Warrior” and Beowulf, clearly, had incongruous reasons for fighting the bear men. Beowulf wanted to be famous and with fame comes fortune. Beowulf was supercilious unlike the men in “The 13th Warrior.” Ahmed and his comrades were not offered money or any reward; they did not, necessarily, want to be remembered for their heroic deeds at Herot; they just wanted to help save the villagers. Like Beowulf and Ahmed, Grendel and the bear men had incongruous reasons for attacking Herot. Every night the men of Beowulf would stay up late laughing, dancing, drinking; celebrating their greatness. Grendel grew weary of this night after night and eventually sought his revenge. Grendel attacked because he was impatient but the bear men of “The 13th Warrior” had a completely different reason. They were a fairly selfish group of men who wished to dominate other villages around them; therefore they attacked Herot, showing their power. “The 13th Warrior” had to keep something in common with Beowulf in order to be acknowledged as being derived from the epic poem.

There are a few scenes in “The 13th Warrior” that are comparable to scenes in Beowulf. When Ahmed and his men were att

Some topics in this essay:
Beowulf, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, Michael Crichton, Antonio Banderas, Ahmed, Grendel, The 13th Warrior , Anglo Saxon,

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