A Comparison of the Weavers of Peace in Beowulf and Grendel :: comparison compare contrast essays

The Weavers of Peace in Beowulf and Grendel       cigaret Wealhtheow and Queen Hygd served as excellent role models for the courts in which they served. They exemplified the mannerisms and etiquette of the noble people. Queen Wealhtheow showed excellent assuredness from the very beginning of both texts. She was admirable as she passed the mead bowl most Heorot. The offering of the bowl was symbolic, being that the bowl was first given to Hrothgar and then(prenominal) passed to Beowulf, as if she presented him with her trust. Beowulf gave Wealhtheow his guarantee that he would be successful or stop in battle. After she presented Hrothgar and Beowulf with the mead bowl she served the Scyldings, and did so as if they were her own people. She was non a Scylding, nor did she desire to be one, but she never made her sorrow known, as described in Grendel. There is not great power point on Queen Hygd in Grendel, but from what the reader can join forces from Beowulf, she is as much of a female role model as Queen Wealhtheow. She was young but very intelligent. In fact faggot Hygelac felt intimidated by Hygds intelligence.             In both texts, Beowulf and Grendel, the primary(prenominal) tendency of the Queens are to serve the courts as weavers of peace. In Grendel, except, Queen Wealththeow is described in much greater detail and serves a upgrade purpose. The reader gains insight to a part Grendel that is not present in Beowulf, his desire for a human. For even though in Beowulf and Grendel, the main purpose of the queens is to serve the courts as weavers of peace, the queens also serve separate purposes as role models, preservers of their kingdoms, emotional beings, mother figures and objects of beauty and lust. It was not odd for women to be offered as tokens of peace within the noble courts. In the fabrication Grendel, Wealhtheows brother, King of the Helmings, bestowed her to King Hro thgar to promote peace amongst the Helmings and Scyldings. She had given, her life for those she loved. So would some(prenominal) simpering, eyelash batting female in her court, given the proper setup, the minimal conditions(Grendel 102). It is ironic how she promoted peace from her arrival because she was an essential part in property peace, as the weaver of peace in both texts. Queen Wealhtheow however is not the only woman in the texts that was forsaken to encourage appeasement among feuding courts.