FREE ESSAY ON BEOWULF READERS RESPONSE

BEOWULF READERS RESPONSE

Beowulf is considered the oldest of the great poems written in English, it may have been
composed more than twelve hundred years ago, maybe even the first half of the eighth
century. The epic Beowulf is the establishment of every story or movie based on Action
and Adventure. I found the story extremely descriptive and enjoyable.
There have been plenty of movies and stories based on the storyline of Beowulf for
example Predator with Arnold Swarzenegar or even the comic book character of Batman. They
all have the same basic idea of hero that has to fight an enemy that is causing havoc.
Also there is a time line in which it completely tells the life of the hero.
Being that the story had no picture it gave me a complete visual of every instance in the
epic. For instance, how the Monster Grendel, comes to plague Heorot, leaving terror in
the hall for years. The fight between Beowulf and Grendel is short but vivid, Beowulf
engages the Monster when it breaks into the hall one night and Beowulf kills Grendel by
ripping his arm off. The descriptiveness of the story can be over bearing, at times I
would drift of into my own thoughts because I found that it was taking too long to get
the point across. For instance, Beowulf's troop came abroad like a paved track, a path
that kept them in marching order. Their mail shirts glinted, hard and hand linked; the
high gloss iron of their armor rang. So they duly arrived in their war graith and gear at
the hall. 
Such descriptive writing as these tends to make me loose interest in what they are saying
and doing. 
I am sure though that in the past this was the best thing, considering they didn't have
television. All in all I found the epic Beowulf entertaining at its limitations of vivid
descriptions. Being that it is thought to be one of the first epics in its time and of
all times, it still has the feel of a modern day epic, for all to enjoy.
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