Iliad

Juan Urista
2/18/11
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Compare and contrast: Beowulf and The Iliad



To start off Beowulf is about a man named Beowulf, who goes to a kingdom to kill a creature named Grendal, which he tries, but is only able to rip the creatures arm


off, and while doing all this Beowulf reason for killing the beast wasn't for money, he wanted the Glory, so in order to get his Glory Beowulf began to kill all the creatures he


could no matter how stronge the creature was. Now on the story of the Iliad, Achilles is trying to take revenge for the death of his best friend, and so he began to kill trojans to

get to the man named Hector who is the one who kill Achilles best friend.


The thing that is similar in both stories is that both Beowulf and Achilles are killing things, and the most part both are trying to reach a goal, that would make them


happy, the diffrence is Stated in the first paragraph, Beowulf Began to hunt down monsters to gain glory, and Achilles Is killing to avenge his friend Patroclus, after being


slaughtered by Hector.


They both have diffrent ways to seek fame and for Beowulf, he seeks monsters and kills them for the Glory, that is the reason he died at the end of the poem, is


because he wanted to slay the Dragon to gain more fame even though he is old,"In endless battles. I am old, now, But I will fight again, seek fame still, If the dragon hiding in


his tower dares To face me."(Pg.52). and Achillies way of fame is to get revenge on the people who cause harm to him," Beg Me no beggary by soul or parents, whining dog!


Would god my passion drove me to slaughter you and eat raw, you've