Despite some differences that we saw during class, there was actually more difference in the start. The original Beowulf consists of fourteen warriors instead of 13. There was no Arab is the original story.
The Arab was sent as a ambassador for looking at a woman, which the original version don't have. Then there was that little battle of Beowulf and the son of hrothgar. After that comes the feast where the warriors purposely refrain from alcohol. The feast hall was supposdely deserted for the sake of grendel, but in the movie people are still present in the feast hall because the wendal prey on the whole village actually.
During the battle, there was more then one Grendel which they called them wendal. The wendals are human and took their dead comrades away for unidentifiable reasons. The arab fleed from battle but managed to kill 1 wendal.
THen comes the part where they decide to find the mother and dwelling place of the wendal. A oracle told them where to find the cave of the wendal and there mom, however the oracle warned them about the mother. They found the Wendol's mother and killed her. They then had to escape before the Wendol came back for their head through swimming in an under channel.
Beowulf died by a fire breathing dragon, but not in the movie. The movie beowulf died through a mortal wound when escaping and after he killed the Wendol leader through a blood thirsty fight. They made it dramatic and in the end he died sitting among the pickets like he was enthroned.
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