English lit. essay

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Compare Beowulf with Sir Gawain. How does the hero, faced with seemingly unsurpassable odds or defeat, represent ideals of the heroic age held by the author and his culture?

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What do you think of an Ideal Hero? The characters, Beowulf and Sir Gawain stand for ideal hero. They have many similarities as a hero such as courage fight against their fate. However, genre of two stories is different. Beowulf is an epic written in old English, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a chivalric poem written in medieval English. Therefore, they represent two different types of hero, epic hero and chivalric hero. There are many differences between the epic hero, Beowulf and chivalric hero, Sir Gawain.
The ideal hero in Beowulf is a savior. He must fight for the survival of his people and tribe. They fight only when the circumstances requires. They do not just fight for fighting. On the other hand, Sir Gawain fights not only for his people but also for his ideals. Tribe and people are not his only reasons to fight. Besides, the chivalric hero sets out to find a test which he can prove himself by fighting. The reasons for chivalric hero to fight are more than epic hero.
Another difference is the tone. The tone in Beowulf is very solemn and dark.
The poem begins and ends with a funeral whereas the tone in Sir Gawain and the Green .........

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