Academic Blog

For this Academic Blog I thought I might compare the two main characters in the epic peoms Beowulf and Canterbury Tales, Beowulf and the Knight. The Knight seems to be held at a very high stature which seems to be even higher than Beowulf. The Knight was looked at highly because he was good and ethical. Victory is the sight of any warrior and that is where the two characters are different. Beowulf fights only to kill. He is arrogant, boastful and loves the attention he gets from hearing people talk about his greatness. While the knight strays away from that attention, he does not care for that, all he cares for is doing the right thing for his people and he is humble. It seems like the code of chivarly is just different in these two epic poems because there is a different idea on right and wrong.