Beowulf Movie Review -- National Public Radio

Beowulf Movie Review -- Boston Globe

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Hrothgar

Is Hrothgar more interesting and effective as a flawed character or as an upright victim of evil in the world?

Hrothgar

Is Hrothgar more interesting as a flawed character or as the upright victim or evil in the world?

Epic Details

Though the plot of the movie is so different from the epic that it's pointless to list them all, what ideas, details, etc. does Zemeckis leave in. For instance, Beowulf's mother speaks in a sort of strange dialect vaguely reminiscent of Anglo-Saxon/Old English (bonus points for anyone who can transcribe exactly what she says -- I'm having trouble picking up on all of it!)

Beowulf: Film vs. Poem

What differences do you notice in the characterization of the Anglo-Saxons, both individual characters, and the people in general?

British Literature Honors

An epic reflects the culture which creates it. What would an epic for today's American culture reflect? What would its lessons be?