The green knight appears to be arrogant and challenges the king and his companions to take his challenge. The green knight is clever because he plays on their pride to get them committed to his game. King Arthur promises to take the game even if he doesn’t know what it is yet. This is the story of Sir Gawain first adventure as a knight who takes a challenge that he is not very sure about. At this point in the story, Sir Gawain who is also Arthur’s nephew asks the king to allow him to take the challenge.
Beowulf was fearless of all opponents and fought to defend his fame and glory. Beowulf did not need to tell anyone that he was fearless; he showed them how fearless he was. Beowulf needed no sword or shield to protect him from Grendel when he killed Grendel with his own hands "My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: my hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster". Beowulf jumped in the water to fight Grendel's mourning mother, he did not know where he was going yet, he went for glory
Lines 115-116 quotes “Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar/ now when help was needed.” This explains thoroughly how Beowulf is daring and noble. Honest men fear neither the light nor the dark. Beowulf is willing to risk his life in order to earn fame by killing Grendel. Lines 357-358 quote, “From the rafters where Beowulf had hung it was the monsters/ arm, claw and shoulder and all.” Beowulf feels like a dynamic figure in the town. He has accomplished what no one could ever do!
Gilgamesh said, “but immolation and sacrifice are not yet for me, the boat of the dead shall not go down, nor the three-ply cloth be cut for my shrouding. Not yet will my people be desolate, nor the pyre be lit in my house...” This shows that Gilgamesh was brave enough to care about the people in his city. This is because he wanted to keep the big monster out. In addition, when gilgamesh defats the monster Humbaba he shows great courage. Furthermore, bringing out an ax to kill a monster much bigger than you takes skill.
Beowulf was fearless of all opponents and fought to defend his fame and glory. Beowulf did not need to tell anyone that he was fearless; he showed them how fearless he was. Beowulf needed no sword or shield to protect him from Grendel when he killed Grendel with his own hands "My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: my hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster". Beowulf jumped in the water to fight Grendel's mourning mother, he did not know where he was going yet, he went for glory and fame showing no fear. Beowulf displayed that he was very resourceful, as well as, the other traits listed.
Chapter 10 Comprehension Questions 1) The dwarves’ imprisonment turns out to be a lucky accident because they ended up finding Laketown with their ingenious escape route. The residents of Laketown practically worship Thorin’s ancestors, Thror and Thrain, the dwarf kings of the mountains. Due to this, the men there completely pampered the dwarves and hobbit, making sure they were well fed and cared for. The men even went to the point where they constantly sang for their heroes, something that would most certainly not happen if the dwarves were never imprisoned and never came along the river. In addition to this, it turns out that if they took the route that Beorn instructed them to, they’d eventually wind up at the edge of the forest with nowhere else together.
Arthur went off to battle, with his comrades at his side the whole time and is able to defeat his foe, but doing so left him fatally injured, until he is eventually killed. At the end they find a spot in a forest which read, “Here Lies Arthur, the once and Future King”. Both stories conveyed an epic story of a hero who did what they could in their position. Both King’s fought until their death defending off against a foe their people wouldn’t do well with. They also were similar in the way that both men are considered to be the dead
In contrasr to Beowulf, Grendel is envious, resentful, and angry toward all human kind for the fact that he feels as thou God blesses all b ut the ogre he is, and thinks he could never be blessed. Although Grendel's feautures are like a common man having two arms, two legs, one head, etc. he is very much larger than an average male and can defeat many at a time. His magic charm is his source of protection from weapons. After a defeated battle Grendel is known for devouring the deceased body off the spot or carries others back to where he resides and shares feast with his mother.
This certainly characterizes Beowulf throughout the whole poem. In stanza 4, line 165, Beowulf states; “That I, alone and with the help of my men, May purge all evil from this hall. I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men, is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none. Nor will I. My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: My hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster.” In this quote Beowulf is trying to convince the King of the Danes to let him defeat the monster Grendel.
After the courageous battle that ensued between Beowulf and Grendel the monster’s mother attacks the Danes as an act of revenge against her son’s murderers. As Grendel’s mother attacks she takes and kills King Hrothgar's chief adviser, Aeschere; the king is left grief stricken and commands Beowulf to take on the monster, Beowulf does not hesitate to follow his directive. After just battling one monster Beowulf is more than happy to fight another simply because King Hrothgar tells him too. That is a quality of a hero, he is more than happy to serve and protect because his king, his leader tells him to do so. The