Beowulf and Judith
Anglo-Saxon society idolized the idea of triumph over challenges that force the individual to cross the boundary of the ordinary into a path of righteousness and self cultivated couragement to fight for a causes that is bigger than life itself. They told these stories through ancient poems about heroes with godly courage and righteousness that can guarantee their legacy will live on and be admired by future generations when they heard tales about their life and the heroic deeds that happen in their lifetime. Many of these poems are unique in many ways, but despite their differences, many of the stories are similar to one another. For an example, the works of Beowulf and Judith. Beowulf and Judith are two different and unique individuals, but they both have courage that no living mortal could ever possess. These two brave heroes must rely on the divine assistance to give them hope and the encouragement they need in order to protect their people from further bloodshed and willing to sacrifices their lives for the sake of victory against their enemies.
In Beowulf, Grendel is described as the definition of evil, when first introduced as “ So times were pleasant for the people there/ until finally one, a fiend out of hell,/began to work his evil in the world.” (Beowulf,line 99-101). This quote introduces the character traits of Grendel, and also a way to foreshadow the tragedy will happen to Hrothgar and his…show more content… The quote described the character of Holofernes as being evil and corrupt authoritarian figures. In comparison to Grendel, Holofernes is human, but he is as wicked and evil as Grendel when it comes to causing problems for Judith and her people. Because of her love for the people, she is willing to do whatever it takes in order to create a glimpsed of hope of survival from Holofernes’s evil deed. Her courage displayed when she
