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Superman v.s. Beowulf

Beowulf and Superman are similar and different. Both have superhuman qualities, butthey have different skills that set them apart. Superman has many abilities like flying and super strength. Beowulf has super human characteristics like super strength and his ability to breath under water. The two hero¶s compared together differ in many ways but still have some similar abilities and characteristics.Beowulf has many characteristics that make him a hero in the epic story. When he is fighting Grendal he displays his super strength when he rips Grendals arm off during hand to hand combat. When he goes to kill Grendals mother he portrayed his ability to breathe under water while being drug into the monster¶s lair. His ability to pick up themassive sword in the cave to kill Grendal¶s mother also shows that he has super strength. Beowulf is also very cocky. He brags about all his achievements and isn¶tafraid to tell everybody who he is. Beowulf has three major villains in the poems;Grendal, Grendal¶s mother, and the dragon. Beowulf travels to Danes to kill the evil demon that was terrorizing the people that traveled to Herot. Grendal¶s mother wants toget revenge on Beowulf for killing her son, so she goes to Herot and kills the men andsoldiers and takes Grendal¶s arm back to her cave. Later on, Beowulf kills Grendal¶smother, becomes king, and lives for 55 winters as the king. The dragon then attacks thepeople of his kingdom because a slave had stolen from him. Beowulf dies in the act of killing the dragon.Superman has super strength that he uses to save the people of Metropolis. He uses his powers to save people. Superman has one weakness, the stone called kryptonite.When he is around kryptonite he becomes weak and can¶t fly or use his powers. The super villain, Lex Luther, is Superman¶s archenemy. Lex Luther¶s main goal is to kill superman.

Beowulf is a prince of the Geats of southern Sweden who comes to Denmark to help King Hrothgar rid his fabulous hall, Heorot, of a terrible monster known as Grendel. The hero mortally wounds the creature, who flees the hall to die in its lair. The next night, Grendel's mother comes to Heorot to avenge her offspring and kills one of Hrothgar's men. Beowulf tracks her down and kills her, then returns to Heorot where he receives great honors and gifts before returning home.

After ruling the Geats for half a century in peace, Beowulf must face a dragon who threatens his land. Unlike his earlier battles, this confrontation is terrible and deadly. He is deserted by all his retainers except his kinsman Wiglaf, and though he defeats the dragon he is mortally wounded. His funeral and a lament end the poem

  • Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in the English language and the earliest piece of vernacular European literature. It was written in Old English, the language of the Saxons. Originally untitled, in the 19th century the poem began to be called by the name of its Scandinavian hero, whose adventures are its primary focus. Historical elements run through the poem, yet both the hero and the story are fiction.
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