Anyone heard about the book Beowulf? i havent read it but i heard about it and the movie about it comming out soon, like next year or something. it sounds like a good story.
eh, i dont think thats the same book then, lol....cus the lady who described it to me said it was set in a lord of the rings atmosphere, and the monster is supposedly related to the octapus in lotr.....its not about a little boy or anything
It's about this kingdom where I believe King Hrothgar builds an impressive meadhall for his warriors to hangout and celebrate victories. There's this grendel who goes to the meadhall for years and slays the warriors and pretty much terrorizes the kingdom into infamy. Beowulf hears about the grendel and comes to help the king. Beowulf stays in the meadhall one night and when the people fall asleep the grendel comes in to riot. Pretending to be asleep, Beowulf jumps up to fight the grendel and rips off one of his arms. Mortally wounded, grendel flees and beowulf follows him to his lair. Later, the grendel's mother conveys her anger and beowulf goes to her underwater lair and takes her head off. Beowulf becomes king after a couple other successors and when he dies he is buried beside the sea with an impressive treasure. It's no good
You probably just read a crap translation. The one I was forced to read in school somehow managed to make the whole story incredibly boring, however I quite enjoyed Seamus Heaney's translation.
thats the one i got too. i loved the book, its one of the books i really liked reading while in high school. and i was the only one, other than the teacher with Seamus Heaney's translation.
I looove Beowulf, I even know pieces of it by head. It's not my favourite Old-English poem though, but the historical value is so big that it's something you just have to read. I really enjoyed reading it and trying to find the various symbols. But that's more because I'm interested in Old-English
All depends on your teacher. It's a heroic fable about fighting monsters, and a caution against the state of perpetual war. Particularly appropriate to our present day. I believe it is the source of Nietzche's inspiration about the "look into the abyss" quote.
I think the mixup between teen wolf and Beowolf is HILARIOUS, so thanks for that. It's a fantastic book, I read it in highschool, I totally recommend it.
Yea, if you're going to read it, read Seamus Heany's translation or don't read it at all. All others are crap. It's one of the best stories I've ever read, I like the cold darkness of it, that's characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry. You're into Old English, kissthesky? That is het awesome. I've got a grammar of it.
That's cool. When I was fifteen or something I bought this book called 'a guide to old english', only to discover that it was used in the third year of college half a year later, lol. Anyway, I love old english, although I have not done much with it for the last few months. Do you know some works in Old English? My favourite one defenitely is the ruin.
I loved reading Beowulf....and I agree, Seamus Heaney's translation is the best out of the three versions I've read.
He dosn't just rip off one of his arms, he gnaws the damned thing off! Wicked book, I've got the Bilingual Edition of Seamus Heaney's translation... Anybody ever seen the animated movie entitled "Grendle"? I watched it on VHS when I was young but am unable to find a copy now...
