Beowulf’s scene with the dragon is much grimmer and quicker fought than that of the Redcrosse knight. It mirrors a darker, gutsier, more heroic code and lifestyle in which the narrator of “Beowulf” keeps the warrior aligned, as opposed to Redcrosse, whom Spenser makes live by a more lawful, chivalric code, where the knight is often saving people from being imprisoned rather than slaying beasts for the sake of boasting rights. That being said, the society surrounding “Beowulf” is based much more around personal valor; in order to be respected, one must prove himself in mortal combat and live to tell the
Beowulf’s scene with the dragon is much grimmer and quicker fought than that of the Redcrosse knight. It mirrors a darker, gutsier, more heroic code and lifestyle in which the narrator of “Beowulf” keeps the warrior aligned, as opposed to Redcrosse, whom Spenser makes live by a more lawful, chivalric code, where the knight is often saving people from being imprisoned rather than slaying beasts for the sake of boasting rights. That being said, the society surrounding “Beowulf” is based much more around personal valor; in order to be respected, one must prove himself in mortal combat and live to tell the