Beowulf.
This is a personal
thinking about Beowulf. It is a poem in which the author is unknown, neither
the time that was written, but studies say that the time is around the VIII to
XII A.D. This poem has some mythology that is affiliated with anthropology. We
can notice some hard situations for the characters in which they face many
conflicts, in where Grentel caused the first. Grendel is a Demon and appears
since the beginning and almost to the middle of the poem, and his mother,
another demon who wants to take revenge about Grendel’s dead. Now, comparing
the situations and the conflicts that characters face in the mystic poem, let
say, every day in the poem, is not the same as the actual life, but nowadays
people from XXI century have many conflicts such as, violence, in every sense
of the word. Revenge; people in this time do whatever they want and if they do
not get what they want, they take revenge, and, compared with the poem, people
takes revenge even for their family, the unique difference is that in Beowulf
the Demon is who takes revenge. However, it is not so far in this time, because
even there are many people who do not believe in spirits, they exist.
Another important point
to consider, are the images that we can find in Beowulf, such as “Water” that
represents in this case the birth; Grendel´s birth and then the dragon’s birth,
who supposedly and according to the film, is Beowulf’s son joined with the
mother of Grendel. In addition, Grendel’s mother seduced Beowulf and other
characters through appearing and coming from the water. Then, life cycle: Grendel
was Ródgar’s son, his sin was to take Grendel’s mother as his woman, product of
their sin Grendel born, after that, Beowulf pass the same cycle, getting the
Grendel’s mother, the result was the Dragon’s birth who was a man, but he
transformed as a Dragon to fight with his father “Beowulf.
In real life, we do not
see this kind of situations, only, there are many demons, that we cannot see,
but we have to fight with.
A second image to
consider is the color read; it refers to violence and sacrifice, where Beowulf
fights with Grendel and when Grendel attacks the Danish warriors in Heorot.
Finally, I really like the poem, there are some horror parts but is is interesting how the imagination create this kind of writings.
Coment:
1. Do you like the poem or the film?
2. How do you compare the poem with the real life nowadays?
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