Throughout history, society creates fictional characters who venture on a quest to defeat a fearsome villain. In the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, the nephew of the Getish King Hygleac travels to Hereot to fight the gruesome Grendel. Bewoulf’s journey is quite similar to the modern day super hero, Spiderman. Both heroes’ face a fearsome enemy who brings harm to the civilians and conducts evil acts. Beowulf fights Grendel, who is a monster that creeps in Hereot and slays many warriors. The kingdom became very frightened of Grendel, but their spirits were lifted when Beowulf arrived. The same night Bewoulf had killed Grendel and freed the kingdom of his evil. Spiderman, a web-shooting super hero, is actually a simplistic photographer named Peter Parker. In an effort to save the civilians from the Green Goblin, and protect his love, Spiderman engages in an epic battle. After many twists and turns, Spiderman defeats the Green Goblin, protects the citizens, and saves his love. In both journeys is the hero overcomes a fearful enemy and earns praise and fame from the people. Both Beowulf and Spiderman obtain their strength from the outside sources; Beowulf and Spiderman become heroes to protect their families. Beowulf wanted to protect his family’s honor and Spiderman wanted to fight crime because of his uncle’s death. Additionally, both heroes fight in hand to hand combat. On their journey to defeat an enemy, both heroes display many similarities, but they both fight in order to protect the citizens.
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