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//Beowulf Compare and Contrast Essay.// Beowulf is a one of the most famous ancient Anglo-Saxon poem that was discovered. The story was about a courageous hero name Beowulf who slay monster and brought peace to the land. This piece of literature was studied and consider as a part of British literature. Just like any famous piece of novel nows a day, it was made into a movie with a major differences between the two version of Beowulf. Even though it was base on the same story, there are such different in the personality of the character, monsters, and location that the story took place.

The first point that I would like to mention is Beowulf's personality. In both original and remake version of Beowulf, the hero were describe to be brave,bold, and decedent man. In the movie, Beowulf is shown to be boastful and arrogant warrior who like to talk about his heroic act. While in the poem Beowulf is shown to be more humble and less boastful. The way Beowulf defeated Grendel were also quite different in both version. In the book it mention that the snap the arm of the monster with his bear hand. While in the movie, Beowulf used more sadistic way of slaying the monster by wrapping the chain around its arm and bang it to the door a countless times before it snap off.
 * He twisted in pain, ||
 * And the bleeding sinews deep in his shoulder ||
 * Snapped, muscle and bone split ||
 * And broke. ||

In the scene where Beowulf have to fight with Grendel's mother, in the original poem he killed her without any hesitation. But in the movie, our hero ended up making a huge mistake and felt in love with the monster and having a baby dragon as a result. Although he did not slay Grendel's mother he kept on boasting about how he killed her just as the original poem had mention.
 * Her body fell ||
 * To the floor, lifeless, the sword was wet ||
 * With her blood, and Beowulf rejoiced at the sight. ||

Another major difference is where the story takes place. In the original version, after he killed Grendel and its mother, he went back to his country and become a great mighty king before he died while killing the last monster which is the dragon. In the movie he stay at the same place throughout the story. He become a king, married the queen and having a mistress. He was killed by the dragon which appear to be his son who was born by Grendel's mother. He ended his tragic past by slaying his son and died with him.

In conclusion, I personally prefer the movie version over the original poem because I feel that Beowulf is more realistic in this version despite the fact that he is a show off and quite a lier. Perhaps the fact that he is a tragic hero makes it easier for us to connect with him and understand his feeling.