Compare And Contrast Beowulf And David Rubin

In their graphic novel, artists Santiago Garcia and David Rubin depict Beowulf in a vivid way. In “The hero arrives at Heorot”, Beowulf is first introduced. He is depicted as a strong warrior, full of strength, power, and bravery. This is similar to the book’s description of Beowulf. It is written that Beowulf “was the mightiest man on earth, high-born and powerful” (lines 197-198). The graphic novel depicts this. The artists drew Beowulf very large, strong, and with a fierce look on his face. This gives the impression that Beowulf is a mighty and powerful warrior. Another scene depicted in the graphic novel is “Beowulf fights Grendel in the hall”. This picture is an interesting interpretation of Grendel, the mead hall, and the fight itself.

In line 102, Grendel is described as a “grim demon”. The graphic novel took this description and interpreted it as a dark, horrifying monster, which is fairly accurate. There is a difference between the book and graphic novel interpretation of how Beowulf fights Grendel. In the graphic novel image, Beowulf is naked, fighting with no weapons or armor. In the book however, readers are not told if Beowulf fights Grendel naked. Readers are told that he fights with no weapons, so that is a similar characteristic. A final image was interesting in its depiction of the book. “Wiglaf and the lamenting of Beowulf” is an image that depicts Beowulf’s death and how others mourned it. This is a great image that summarizes many themes of the book, including bravery, the loyalty code, and the warrior code. The events depicted occur the same way as in the book. In the image, Wiglaf responds to the warriors who abandoned Beowulf in his fight against the dragon. He says, “A true warrior prefers death over a life of shame”. This is an example of the warrior code, which is a very evident theme all throughout Beowulf. Also, the image shows that the warriors are now left vulnerable to the Swedes, because of Beowulf’s