Macbeth Vs Beowulf

Macbeth is a very strong and brave warrior on the battlefield but his loyalty towards

The beauty of literature in emphasized by the contribution of figurative language. Figurative language is compiled of rhetorical and poetic devices. These devices build meaning and paint a picture for a reader to find. Poetic and rhetorical devices create depth and purpose to a story by using imagery to paint a picture in a reader's mind, allusion also gives a sense of depth by ties characters and ideas from other pieces of literature into a totally different story. Symbolism gives objects a different sense of meaning and creates a different way to look at it.

In today's modern society, we see more and more heroes in our everyday lives. Some people may think of a hero as someone that touched their life in a positive manner while others think a hero as someone that saved lives like Christian F Schilt, a soldier who managed to evacuate wounded marines while under fire. Beowulf and Schilt are perfect example of heroes since their loyalty, honor, and courage are undoubtedly heroic who saved the day for the betterment of society. Beowulf's valiant duties and overall courageous are due to his wanting to better his peers and society that he lives in. Throughout the epic, Beowulf fights demonic monsters like Grendel who takes lives with no remorse.

The two stories of Macbeth and Beowulf have different plot, but hold similar elements. The legend of Beowulf, set in 500 A.D., begins with an evil monster terrorizing the mead hall of Heorot. The monster, Grendel, attacks Heorot with desire for wickedness. For copious amount of years, Grendel slaughters the men by night, each night. Until a hero named Beowulf hears the Geats cries and comes to their rescue.

In Beowulf, the heroic ideals are different from today’s society through actions, and intelligence. Heroic Ideals are seen in many different forms and actions. Take what a hero can appear to be as an example. The story Beowulf describes a hero as a strong, fearless, kind individual.

Achilles and Beowulf are both hero’s of their times and cultures respectively, and both have characteristics and traits that the heroes of today’s society need. The true traits of a hero are loyalty, honor, leadership, bravery, and caring. These two hero’s exemplify all of these traits and today’s heroes continue to possess these very characteristics. Heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and professions. However, anyone that exemplifies these traits, from a parent to a world leader, possesses these traits and is a hero, even if they are only one person’s

During the time period of Beowulf and Sir Gawain, a variety of wars and conquests were raging which considerably discouraged the individuals surrounding them. Therefore, authors took it upon themselves to uplift their readers, giving them a reason to think that there may be people in the world who still have purity, integrity, nobility, chivalry, and honesty. Furthermore, I believe that authors create heroes today for similar reasons. This is because in the present-day world, we are constantly overcome by internal and external conflicts— whether that be within oneself, one’s country, or in the world as a whole. So, in some ways, we “need” heroes to keep our mind off the wicked in world, as well as to encourage us to believe that one day these conflicts and issues will end because of a force stronger and more powerful than

Years has passed when Hygelac is killed in battle. His son, Heardred, inherits the throne with Beowulf 's support. Beowulf became the king of the Geats village and he rules over everyone for 50 years. The had arose and started to stalk the village at night and eat people and destroying homes. He also destroyed Beowulf’s great hall.

Macbeth’s impatience for power leads to drastic actions. He murders the king in the belief that “this blow might be the be-all and end-all” (1.7.5). This assassination could never “trammel up the consequence” (1.7.2-3), as Macbeth believes, but only leads to more trouble. Although Macbeth seizes the throne, Macbeth had to betray his loyalty to the king whose “virtues will plead like angels” (1.7.18-19), and his morality has paid the price. Macbeth has now lost all sense of what honor is by using such dishonest ways to become king.

The fact that Macbeth believes the witches’ prophecies are not evil nor good foreshadows how he will go on to kill any other person standing in his way to more power. His ambition blinds his mind to make him even think about ruthlessly committing a murder. This forceful way of gaining power will only lead Macbeth to become a “tyrant” in Scotland and his “fantastical” desires of killing Duncan and receiving the crown will lead Scotland to failure. Under Macbeth’s rule, Scotland seems to be in a terrible condition. With distrust among the people, there is tension all within the country, as Macbeth’s totalitarian regime had rendered the prosperity of Scotland.

Throughout History, Novels and Movies it has been proving that heroes always has an Achilles heel. An Achilles heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can actually or potentially lead to a person downfall. It doesn't matter how perfect a person may be are the world which the person may lived there is always a weakness, it just take the right person to find it. In Beowulf and Lanval both men are honorable men that people may look up as heroes but even honorable men can still fall to the seven sins of men. Even though they are seven sins there are two of which most people fall to and they Lust and Pride.

Macbeth’s integrity becomes undone in Act two, Scene two, consequently, the complete destruction of his honour is delivered in a killing blow in Act Five, Scene eight. Firstly, in Act one, Scene two, Macbeth beholds as a man of integrity; which displayed through the literary devices Shakespeare used to emphasise his nobility in battle. By first exploring the mayhem of combat utilising a metaphor, Shakespeare advances to express the fulsome bravery of Macbeth as a warrior to the King. “Doubtful it stood, as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art,” (1.2.7-9).

Macbeth shows his courageousness by overcoming his personal matters to plot the death of the king. Lastly, As You Like It showed how a brother could banish another brother out of the court, “There's no news at the court, sir, but the old news. That is, the old duke is banished by his younger brother the new duke, and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary exile with him, whose lands and

In the epic of Beowulf, a similar persona is depicted. Just like Churchill, Washington and Mandela, Beowulf is a prime depiction of what a leader should be, as he displays qualities of courage and unselfishness throughout this English epic.     “The man whose name was known for courage” (line 340). The fact that people associated Beowulf’s name with courage shows just how courageous he is. His acts of bravery pervade the poem.

Literature has maintained a strong influence on society and its perceptions of heroes for centuries. In consequence, the time period in which a literary work is written reveals much about that society’s ideals. For example, the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, illustrates the deeds of a heroic knight and reflects the values of his community. Throughout the poem, Beowulf displays commendable behavior by saving another kingdom, defeating three villains, and maintaining allegiance to the lord and his people. Even though a millennium has passed since the release of this epic, heroes today display characteristics similar to those of Beowulf.