In Beowulf, the main character, Beowulf, sets sail to the Danes land in order to defeat a monster named Grendel. In the film The 13th Warrior, the character that represents Beowulf, Buliwyf, sets out to defeat a race, not a single monster and its mother, the race of Wendols.
Even though their locations seem similar, they are different. The biggest discrepancy is the amount of battles. Beowulf contained three battles, while The 13th Warrior contained four battles. first, Beowulf defeats Grendel, the terrifying swampland creature, who is killing Hrothgar's people at Mead Hall. Then he goes underground into a cave to fight Grendel's mother and finally, fifty years later, in Beowulf's hometown, he fights the dragon that destroys him. In The 13th Warrior, the location of the battles follows a somewhat different pattern of locations. As in Beowulf, the first and third battle are the same, but the second and fourth battle differs. The second battle involves the creatures with torches that the characters referred to as a dragon. Beowulf did not even have a fourth battle. The 13th Warrior shows a fourth battle as being back in Herot where the first battle took place. Similarities between The 13th Warrior and Beowulf are there to be clearly seen. For example, when Ahmed and his men were attacked by the cannibalistic warriors in the large hut, and they fought with all their might trying to defeat the leader of the Wendols. In Beowulf, when the hero and warrior of the story, Beowulf fights and defeats Grendel in the mead-hall. We can see the similarities as both warriors were attacked in their own place. Differences between The 13th Warrior and Beowulf are the religion and nationalities. For example, Beowulf is Anglo-Saxon and Ahmed is Arabic. Beowulf, as mentioned, is Anglo-Saxon and Buliwyf is Swedish. Another difference between the two stories is the narration. Beowulf is told in third person while The 13th Warrior is told in first person. Both leaders in Beowulf and The 13th Warrior have similar names. Beowulf, as we know, is Beowulf and in The 13th Warrior, the leaders name is Buliwyf, showing us evidence that The 13th Warrior was based on Beowulf. Beowulf slays the mother of Grendel while Buliwyf slays the mother of the Wendol, showing us more evidence that The 13th Warrior was based off of Beowulf. The central idea in both Beowulf and The 13th Warrior is the same, an existence of an old race and the need for an epic hero. In both Beowulf and The 13th Warrior, there is an epic hero, an existence of an old race, and the need for the hero to save someone form the race. Throughout The 13th Warrior and Beowulf, the warriors tend to show off their attributes and physical talents. The plot thickens in a different way, and is resolved differently also. The main characters are different, with similar goals, but different reasons for doing what they do. The central idea never changes, and is constant theme throughout both The 13th Warrior and Beowulf. The differences in the setup of the film and poem definitely outweigh the similarities of the plot and general concept are easily seen.
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