Examples Of Mood In Beowulf

The second literary device used is the use of tone and mood. The tone and mood can create how the author wants the reader to feel while reading. It sets up how a character may feel, such as in Gigamesh, “What are you worried about death? Only the gods are immortal anyway, sighed Gilgamesh(Beers 48).” Gilgamesh’s tone talking about death is carefree, he knows he will die one day and he doesn’t worry when that day will come. The mood this quote gives the reader is he doesn’t care what happens to himself and will face any battle without worry. The tone and mood also portrays other characters and how they interact with the hero, like in the Odyssey, “So then,royal son of Laertes, Odysseus, man of exploits,still eager to leave at once and hurry …show more content…
Calypso is characterized the entire epic as selfish. She keeps Odysseus trapped on the island and won’t let him leave, till he remembers what he must return to. The tone also makes the hero sound better than everyone else, in Beowulf, “Then he saw the mighty water witch, and swung his sword, his ring-marked blade, straight at her head; The iron sang it’s fierce song, sang Beowulf’s strength (Beers 26).” When the scene is read, Beowulf is portrayed as a mighty hero that will defeat the monster. He shown to be stronger than what he actually is and made out to have god-like strength.The way Grendel’s mother is spoken about, she is characterized as witch, making the reader feel that the mother is not as strong and is weaker presenting less of a challenge to Beowulf. As the tone changes, the feelings of the reader change as when in Gilgamesh, “He stood still watching as the monster leaned to make his final strike against his friend, unable to move to help him, and then Enkidu slid along the ground like a ram making its final linge on wounded knees (Beers 53).”The tone of this quote makes the reader feel a sense of dignity that Gilgamesh has realized that he is putting more than just his life in …show more content…
Gilgamesh renews his strength and comes to the aid of his friend, killing Humbaba. In the Odysses, “But you, Achilles,there’s not a man in the world more blest than you— there never has been, never will be one. Time was, when you were alive, we Argives honored you as a god, and now down here, I see, you lord it over the dead in all your power.So grieve no more at dying, great Achilles.” I reassured the ghost, but he broke out, protesting,“No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus! By god, I’d rather slave on earth for another man—some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive—than rule down here over all the breathless dead(Homer).” The exchange between both Achilles and Odysseus is one where both men think the grass is greener on the other side. Achilles wants to be alive again and walk among the men of the Earth. While Odysseus wants the strength and the glory that came with it. Odysseus is still at the beginning of his story, which is why he wants the strength and power and the glory. As the story continues he changes by wanting to see his home and wife more than

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