Beowulf Similarities Between David And Goliath
I’m comparing Beowulf to the biblical story of David and Goliath. There are many similarities between these texts such as their battle and their opponents. David and Goliath also have differences in personality and lifestyles.
“Beowulf in his fury now settled that score: he saw the monster in his resting place, war-weary and wrecked, a lifeless corpse a casualty of the battle of the battle in Herot. The body gaped at the stroke dealt to it after death: Beowulf cut the corpse’s head off” (Beowulf, pp75). This was when Beowulf returns to kill Grendel's mother and as a trophy he returned back with Grendel's head. This part of the text is interesting to me because Grendel's body was just laying there lifeless when he was beheaded. He cut off
“Beowulf in his fury now settled that score: he saw the monster in his resting place, war-weary and wrecked, a lifeless corpse a casualty of the battle of the battle in Herot. The body gaped at the stroke dealt to it after death: Beowulf cut the corpse’s head off” (Beowulf, pp75). This was when Beowulf returns to kill Grendel's mother and as a trophy he returned back with Grendel's head. This part of the text is interesting to me because Grendel's body was just laying there lifeless when he was beheaded. He cut off