Beowulf was portrayed as a hero who fought off a great monster, Grendel, in order to protect his family, country, and serve God. Beowulf was more of a person while Grendel was a creature, far from a human. In today's society, we consider our soldiers our heroes, however, soldiers are still fighting their own species. So who is more similar to Beowulf than soldiers? I believe Martin Luther King comes very close to a person with heroic traits and he was also a person who had to fight a horrid monster, a prejudice society.
Of course a prejudice society is more of a metaphorical monster, but a monster nonetheless. Martin fought for the rights of his people and although he didn't use weapons, he still won the battle of racism and equal rights with his words. In my opinion, Martin Luther King Jr. had a tougher battle than Beowulf. His challenge was to change the minds of a HUGE society of white people, while Beowulf had to fight one enemy. Both heroes fought because they believed God wanted them to take action and protect their country as well as their families.
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