The stranger threw aside his cloak to reveal well-worn black plate armor and a massive warhammer. After a short but brutal contest, Thrall managed to disarm his foe, but was prevented from throttling the stranger by some of his clan. It was then the stranger revealed himself as Orgrim Doomhammer, the Warchief of the Horde. Doomhammer had been contacted by Drek'Thar about the return of the son of Durotan. The Warchief decided to provoke Thrall into a fight to see if Drek'Thar's praise was deserved, and it was.
It was Good vs. Evil where a good warrior fights for his glory then later battles for the good of his people by battling evil monsters for there good. As a great warrior and later a king he faces near death. The first battle with Grendel he risked his life, but he did to reach fame for the glory and to prove that he is the mighty Beowulf. The battle with Grendel’s mother he fought for the greater good of the people to stop the terrorizing that they have done for years.
During his fights against his peers, he understands that he has to win thoroughly. When he fought the adults, he did not understand the adults, causing him to lose. Finally, he defeats the buggers despite being outnumbered because the humans are a species that the buggers do not understand. Understanding is the key to being successful. Ender understands before making an insightful decision in order to be
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the main character initially demonstrates qualities of being a tragic hero, but by conclusion of the play his deceitfulness and his overwhelming gullibility lead him to be portrayed as a criminal. Macbeth has serious issues with power, greed, and even his own self- esteem and self- conscious. He knows when he kills Duncan and Banquo that it is the wrong thing to do but he still does it anyways. He also becomes obsessed with idea of power and becomes more power hungry as each day passes. He has become an unstoppable killing machine who believes he is invincible once the three witches reveal their prophecies and their apparitions to Macbeth.
Now in the play, Macbeth starts off as a loyal, courageous, stereotypical, drone like war hero but once a group of witches put this idea in his mind that he could become king, he starts spiraling downhill. For days he pondered whether to let nature take its course and let fate decide, or intervene and take matters into his own hands. He kills the King, takes the throne, but becomes paranoid and belligerent. Soon after this change, a rebellion forms who goes after him and kills him. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth showcases how one’s desires can change him, bring out the true primal instincts in a man; and as the play progresses, this change becomes quite evident.
This frightened the people of the time because no one knows exactly what will happen in the end of it all, when you die, but no one wants to live a life of hell, pain and torture. “The devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up.” (Edwards 46). The piece was written at the beginning of the Great Awakening, when the old Puritan ways were fading and the Christian religion was rising. Because the Puritan religion was becoming a thing of the past, the reverends used scare tactics to drive the “unregenerate” Christians who had not confessed to being born again into God’s grace, into thinking that they were not saved. The Great Awakening caused mass hysteria from the fear instilled in the people of the
For example in the novel, the great fight between Beowulf and Grendel is told quite differently. One big aspect of the battle that stands out is what Beowulf whispers to Grendel during the fight. Beowulf, ironically being strong and full of honor, attempts to whisper humorous statements to Grendel. He states, “ Grendel, Grendel! You make the world by whispers second by second.
Warriors had to be willing to anything to show their courage, to prove themselves to be able to be seen as a true Anglo-Saxon hero. Beowulf definitely lived by this, “Warriors had to be willing to face any odds and fight to the death for their glory and their people” (Probst). This quote shows the grave lengths warriors would go to be able to have the nobility to be called an Anglo-Saxon
Beowulf Exposition Throughout the story Beowulf is characterized as the hero and the villain. The author uses many epithets to describe Beowulf’s personality and to show what kind of warrior he truly is. He displays Beowulf as a “Killer of souls” (177), but also the “Mightiest man on Earth” ( 217), by interpreting him as a hero and villain at the same time. The ultimate purpose for providing these epithets in the beginning of the story was to provide the reader a chance to fully understand who Beowulf really is. Beowulf was characterized as a man of courage and discipline; he has fought beasts on land and sea, and will now meet his ultimate challenge.
As one of the oldest surviving pieces of literature, “Beowulf” has been studied and critiqued numerous times (Snell, 2012). It follows the adventures of Beowulf as he fights all kinds of terrible monsters and achieves his glory, all in the form of an epic poem. This piece of literature is sometimes ambiguous to young readers, as it makes use of Old English. But it’s when you see past all those difficult words that you can truly fathom the hero’s desire to make a name for himself and to be remembered. Throughout his exploits, Beowulf has made certain that his past achievements are known.