MIchael Williams Final exam

Beowulf/Hrothgar
Compare and contrast

This movie Beowulf has characters that shared the same qualities, in other cases the same differences. King Hrothgar and Beowulf where exactly the same in most aspects. Respect is a must at all time, They give orders and expect you to follow them. The both had high and mighty personalities and prefer to be rich. They have strong demeanors and will take on any challenge, take or battle at hand.
They also enjoy the same company of women. Hrothgar’s queen was a young and beautiful lady, she was also attracted to Beowulf. Beowulf also had a thing for hrothgar’s wife as soon as he arrived to the village. The queen ended up with Beowulf when the king had committed suicide. Like the king Beowulf had a young woman while he was with the queen.
When things really hit the fan in the movie the to men where obligated to slay grendels mother. They both failed to do so. Grendels mother swayed Hrothgar
And Beowulf into making a deal with them. Like Hrothgar Beowulf had taken the wrong route by having relations with the demon woman. Beowulf acted as he defeated grendels mother in the battle as well as Hrothgar did. Hrothgar set Beowulf up for failure and put all responsibilities in Beowulf’s hands, as it happen to Hrothgar a time ago. These are two negative, and important qualities they have alike.
Differences, king Hrothgar were a very good warrior he also fought to keep his village. Not to take anything away from the king, he was money hungry. The king was after glamour fortune and fame. He loved the fact that he was high and mighty took advantage of having authority over people. That quality of a typical king but Hrothgar was a greedy man. On the other hand Beowulf took the “long live the king” approach he was more after longevity and legacy. Beowulf was a great warrior who explored the lands fighting and killing, making his presents felt as the greatest warrior who ever lived. He wanted people for thousands and thousands of years to come to know his name speak of his name.
Beowulf was also a greater warrior than Hrothgar. As a mid-age king Hrothgar was dealing with a beast Grendels mother. He didn’t handle his own problems. Hrothgar was forced to call upon some one else, which was Beowulf. On the other hand Beowulf handled is own unfinished business with grendels mother on his own. The worrier also scarifies his life to save his kingdom by slaying the dragon.