tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post115955792178441702..comments2024-03-28T11:03:41.050-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: "Beowulf and Grendel" ReviewDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-64321611486278973382015-04-16T21:04:53.308-05:002015-04-16T21:04:53.308-05:00Just saying, but wasn't Beowulf the cause of G...Just saying, but wasn't Beowulf the cause of Grendel's death. Could Grendel mabye survived or was his 'suicide' commited by choice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-6852547806418113182007-11-13T13:43:00.000-06:002007-11-13T13:43:00.000-06:00fuck this book its a piece of shit.. i believe tha...fuck this book its a piece of shit.. i believe that this is gay and im soo horny right now 8==DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1163002692203978082006-11-08T10:18:00.000-06:002006-11-08T10:18:00.000-06:00I dont know how old this article is, but I think y...I dont know how old this article is, but I think you're missing the main theme of the text (and the movie). The primary issue of the movie is iceland prior to Christian conversion. The text of Beowulf was penned by a Christian out of a much older pagan tale. The fundamental issue in the movie is the cultural signifigance of the conversion and the opinions of it at the time. Everything to do with the troll psychology and motivations (as well as the witch) was entirely fabricated.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482078454040868726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1160335653756843042006-10-08T14:27:00.000-05:002006-10-08T14:27:00.000-05:00Hi, Scott--I finally had a chance to see this movi...Hi, Scott--I finally had a chance to see this movie yesterday. I enjoyed it more than I expected, probably because my expectations were so low and because I love to see Iceland on film, but you're right to take exception this new manifestation of the "postmodern Grendel."<BR/><BR/>The film nicely echoed the sagas in showing how a feud can take on a life of its own, but I don't think the filmmakers understood the brackish pool of legal and moral questions they waded into. Why are we to see a troll's grievance as equivalent to a human's? Isn't Grendel's revenge disproportionate? How do Grendel's father's fish-stealing and Hrothgar's mercy toward the young Grendel factor into the moral and legal equation? I was disappointed that they ignored potentially interesting medieval responses to those questions in favor of inconclusive postmodern posing.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014378351645909573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1159749204512075282006-10-01T19:33:00.000-05:002006-10-01T19:33:00.000-05:00Some scholars argue that Milton really did think t...Some scholars argue that Milton really did think that faithfulness was <I>shit</I>.<BR/><BR/>But like Harry Truman, they've been taught to say "manure."<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1159714276650117492006-10-01T09:51:00.000-05:002006-10-01T09:51:00.000-05:00A remaking of the Odyssey in which marriage is shi...A remaking of the Odyssey in which marriage is shit?<BR/><BR/>It's a helluva pitch.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com