beowulf

What?do?you?do?when?you?read?a?book?then?watch?the?movie?on?it??Do?you?watch?it?to?get?the?picture?of?the?story?or?do?you?watch?it?to?compare?the?two??When?reading?a?story?then?watching?a?movie?you?need?to?watch?out?for?the?similarities?and?differences?between?the?two.?The?book?Beowulf?and?the?movie?Beowulf?have?a?few?similarities?and?a?good?bit?of?differences.?Some?similarities?are?they?both?have?the?same?characters,?Beowulf?cuts?off?Grendel’s?arm,?the?people?celebrate?the?death?of?Grendel?with?drinking,?they?hang?Grendel’s?arm?for?all?to?see,?and?Beowulf?kills?both?Grendel?and?his?mother.?The?differences?deal?with?Grendel’s?father,?andaBeowulf’s?father,?where?Beowulf?fights?Grendel,?how?the?outcome?of?the?plot, ?and?the?dragon.?The?similarities?may?not?outweigh?the?differences?but?are?still?extremely?important?in?comparing?the?book?to?the?movie. ? Though?the?similarities?may?seem?to?outweigh?the?differences?they?are?very?accurate.?The?main?characters?in?the?story?are? Beowulf,?Grendel,?Hrothgar,?and?Grendel’s?mother.?These?are?the?same?for?the?movie.?Beowulf?cuts?off?Grendel’s?arm?while?he?is?fighting?him?in?the?book.?The?same?goes?for?the?movie,?with?Beowulf?cutting?off?Grendel’s?arm?in?battle.?The?people?both?in?the?book?and?movie?celebrated?the?death?of?Grendel?by?drinking,?they?also?hung?Grendel’s?arm?for?all?to?see.?Beowulf?kills?Grendel?and?his?mother?both?in?the?book?and?movie.?These?similarities?may?seem?like?the?thing?needed?to?compare?a?story?to?a?movie?but?you?also?need?to?contrast?it?using?the?differences.? The?differences?that?in?the?book?Hrothgar?isn’t?Grendel’s?father.?Beowulf’s?father?was?known?by?Hrothgar.?Beowulf?fights?Grendel?in?the?Great?Hall?and?his?mother?under?the?fiery?waters.?The?castle?remained?after?all?the?fightiing?had?concluded?Also,?there?was?a?dragon?at?the?end?of?the?book?that?killed?Beowulf.? The?movie?version ?and?poetic?version?of?Beowulf?presents?two?different?heroes,?one is near perfect,?while the other is…