Similarities and Dissimilarities between Robin Hood
and Beowulf
Kadyrkulova A. FL-46 Essay on Robin Hood and Beowulf
Every period of the human history is characterized by its particular events and heroes. Some heroes are fictional and some of them are real, who both devoted their life to the people or to their country. In this essay we are going to compare two characters from a totally different area in time.
On the one hand, it is the hero Beowulf in the literature of the Anglo-Saxon period, who fought for his people with a terrible monster named Grendel. On the other hand, Robin Hood is a defender of the weak and an enemy of the oppressor in the Medieval Time, who “stole from the rich and gave the poor”.
First of all, let us try to analyse the similarity between these two characters. One must admit that both of them fought for the welfare of other people. Similarly, they were courageous and brave men, “heroes by sword”. For instance, Robin Hood protects the people from the King’s soldiers who tax them to a great extent. Like Robin, Beowulf is the warrior and adventurer which legend springs from. At the same time he is also one against whom to measure honor and valor, a hero. Throughout the entire story Beowulf showed his honor and valor. When he heard of a need, he hastened to the rescue.
Nevertheless, it is possible to outline differences in the characters. For example, we can observe that Robin Hood is “a noble man from the captivating town called Locksley where he helps people and tries to stop the evil prince John from taking over the thrown”, while Beowulf is “a Viking that does not have a main place to live in the story, he just lives in various Viking villages”. Moreover, we must distinguish between the reasons for why they
Every period of the human history is characterized by its particular events and heroes. Some heroes are fictional and some of them are real, who both devoted their life to the people or to their country. In this essay we are going to compare two characters from a totally different area in time.
On the one hand, it is the hero Beowulf in the literature of the Anglo-Saxon period, who fought for his people with a terrible monster named Grendel. On the other hand, Robin Hood is a defender of the weak and an enemy of the oppressor in the Medieval Time, who “stole from the rich and gave the poor”.
First of all, let us try to analyse the similarity between these two characters. One must admit that both of them fought for the welfare of other people. Similarly, they were courageous and brave men, “heroes by sword”. For instance, Robin Hood protects the people from the King’s soldiers who tax them to a great extent. Like Robin, Beowulf is the warrior and adventurer which legend springs from. At the same time he is also one against whom to measure honor and valor, a hero. Throughout the entire story Beowulf showed his honor and valor. When he heard of a need, he hastened to the rescue.
Nevertheless, it is possible to outline differences in the characters. For example, we can observe that Robin Hood is “a noble man from the captivating town called Locksley where he helps people and tries to stop the evil prince John from taking over the thrown”, while Beowulf is “a Viking that does not have a main place to live in the story, he just lives in various Viking villages”. Moreover, we must distinguish between the reasons for why they