The heroic journey, a story repeated
from generation to generation, literary period to literary period. Although the
zeitgeist may change the essence of a heroic tale doesn’t change all that
much. Beowulf an epic poem of Britain embodies the characteristics of a warrior
that saves a town and its people from imminent destruction. Bruce Wayne or Batman also is a warrior that
also saves a city from villainous beings. Both stories and protagonists have unimpeachable
similarities bit there are also massive differences that distinguish the two
stories; also a feminist perspective from both Beowulf and Batman would be a noticeable difference.
Beowulf and Batman
both were extravagant fighters. Beowulf was able to beat Grendel, Grendel’s
Mother and a Dragon. Batman was able to beat the Joker, Harvey Dent and Bane.
All of the enemies faced be Batman and Beowulf faced are monstrous in
comparison to a normal person but to the heroes theses bouts are overcome with
effort and skill. Beowulf starts off wanting to beat Grendel in parallel Batman
wants to keep Gotham crime-free. Both characters do what they can to help their
people and gain favor. Batman looks to be favored by Commissioner Gordon while
Beowulf gets favored by Hrothgar. In
both stories the quality of strength is very important. Many people look up to
Beowulf for destroying beasts when nobody else could. Batman was looked up too
because through the difficult challenge of beating the villains he encountered
Gotham was saved from the horrors of crime.
Now if both tales
were told from the feminist perspective there would many contrasting aspects. Beowulf was loved by women, Batman was not.
Beowulf was haughty and arrogant but in the eyes of women it was fine because
he could back it up. Batman was arrogant and could back up his arrogance, but
in modern society women hate arrogance and the sense of entitlement. Bruce
Wayne was rich but nobody knew he was the Batman. Rachel Bruce Wayne’s lover
disliked Bruce’s arrogance entirely and went with Harvey Dent as her lover.
Both stories are
told from similar perspectives but if seen from a feminist lens both stories
would be noticeably different. Beowulf’s amazing strength and arrogance was
valued in the old Celtic society, while modern American society looks up to
Batman’s strength and skill but down at Bruce Wayne’s money and arrogance.
I like the batman comparison but you should be specific with what traits youre analyzing and what exactly a feminist perspective would add to the story. *cough* grammar *cough*
ReplyDeleteThanks Taylor for the helpful comments
DeleteYour thesis was very clear and concise right off the bat. You supported your thesis good in your paragraphs, but it would be better if you elaborated more. I like how you were able to get your point across without excessive writing. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThanks man, will try to make those adjustments in the future.
Delete"Are overcomed with effort and skill". This is the sum of both charcters and two great to juxapose with another. Although they share many of the same features you show in the essay how they differ and answer two prompts very well with your transition.
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