Ken+Beowulf+C&C

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The translated version of Beowulf by Burton Raffel has many events that were not included in the movie. Some events were altered in the movie to make the story line connected or to shorten the movie. One of the scenes was about the pre-arrival of Beowulf at Danes. This poem described one thing, while the movie shows another type of action.======

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The scene from Beowulf the movie, where Beowulf first arrived was altered from the poem. It started with Beowulf showing up in the middle of ocean. Beowulf and his comrades were sailing through the storm and had no known destination. At this point the movie introduced one of Beowulf's closest warriors, Wiglaf. He is like Beowulf's assistant who Beowulf trusted most, and this was shown throughout the movie. This scene where Beowulf was sailing in the middle of nowhere ended when Beowulf reaches a chunk of land. He told his followers to drag the ship through the land, in order to keep sailing. However, the watchman of Danes caught him in a distance and quickly rushed to Beowulf's ship. The watchman greeted Beowulf like an intruder, while Beowulf responded that he came in peace and told the watchman that he's a beast slayer. This was the ending of the scene.======

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This section of the movie Beowulf had a different plot than the poem by Burton Raffel. The first time that the poem mentioned about Beowulf was when Beowulf heard there was this monster who is destroying the human beings in the kingdom of Danes. "Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror and quickly commanded boat fitted out," that was the line which showed that Beowulf knew about Grendel before he reaches the Danes. "Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar, Now when help was needed," this is another line which showed that he was designated to go to the Danes. After Beowulf brought his 14 men, he then headed to Danes. When he arrived at the kingdom of the Danes, the people there greeted him peacefully.======

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This example demonstrates the differences between the poem and the movie. The biggest difference of this scene was about Beowulf's destination. The movie didn't mention that Beowulf was sailing towards the kingdom of the Danes to defeat Grendel who horrified Herot, the mead hall. When he knew that there's a monster killing the Danes, the story line afterwards was altered in the poem. This scene separated the relationship between the poem and the movie.======

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The pre-arrival of Beowulf is one of the important points in the story. It was the scene where Beowulf is introduced to the audience. By changing this point, the differences between the movie and the poem are clearly shown. I would say that I like the poem more because it gives more detail about Beowulf. Beowulf in the poem was more like a bounty hunter, while the movie showed him as a traveller who seeks for monsters. Also the poem is more much more interesting to read, because each line is not really a sentence which sometimes it took a little time to understand the poem. However, overall the poem was not that difficult to understand after I've seen the movie even though some parts were altered. The difference between reading and watching is "imagination."======