Textual Analysis Of Beowulf

In this RAFT project, the story of Beowulf is portrayed through a series of comic contents, each drawn specifically to match the original work’s message, tone, meaning, and ideas while maintaining the features of a graphic novel such as detailed dialogue and clear visual renditions of the plot. This was done so mainly by utilizing monochrome paintings and exaggerated dictions and sentence structures.
Throughout the graphic novel, the readers should notice that the colors of all the drawings, except for the “shiny” magic sword that Beowulf used in order to defeat Grendel’s mother, are mostly just black and white. Aside from making this novel looks a little bit more serious and established, these colors had also helped to convey a heroic and solemn tone to accompany Beowulf and his epic journey. After all, “Beowulf” is an old english epic and should therefore be presented in a more heroic manner. …show more content…
In the case of “Beowulf”, the graphic novel implemented a number of literary techniques such as commas with appositives and ellipsis to create suspense and put emphasis on Beowulf’s “fierce” battle. For example, just before Grendel announces his first attack, the book writes, on the bottom right of the page, “Here comes Grendel…”. Not only does this suggest a menacing tone, it also gives the reader an idea that Beowulf is indeed the greatest warrior since he is willing to take on such a fearsome