Essays Tagged: "13th Warrior"

CRITIQUE OF THE MOVE THE 13TH WARRIOR

Critique of The 13th Warrior MovieThe movie The 13th Warrior is a barbaric movie. The chosen one (Antonio Banderres) ... age is being terrorized by what the people think are "monsters". Cannibals that eat on the dead.The 13th warrior is chosen because he comes forth and is willing to proudly serve his village. They (the ...

(2 pages) 79 2 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"In this Modern Era - Beowulf and the 13th Warrior"

This is an essay in which I compare Beowulf to the 13th Warrior. There are many parallels between the two wrks. It shows that we still use ideas today ... t use his great power to save the lives of his people from the evils that lurk in the darkness. The 13th Warrior is an adaptation of this timeless epic and displays numerous similarities with a modern ... to explain the relationship between the adaptation and the original work.The use of language in The 13th Warrior is extremely important is capturing similarities between the two works. At the beginnin ...

(4 pages) 65 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Beowulf and The 13th Warrior: Differences and Similarities

Beowulf and The 13th Warrior: Differences and SimilaritiesBeowulf and the 13th Warrior, both are very good stories, ... , both are very good stories, one legibly and the other visually (unless you go to the roots of the 13th Warrior and read Eaters of the Dead). Although it is pretty obvious to anyone who has read Beow ... and read Eaters of the Dead). Although it is pretty obvious to anyone who has read Beowulf that the 13th Warrior was based on this great epic, there are still several differences that make for an inte ...

(5 pages) 35 0 4.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

"Beowulf" vs "The 13th Warrior" Comparison

Beowulf and the 13th Warrior are two stories that are centered around the Anglo-Saxon culture and even though they h ... organized culture.Beowulf is quite different in how it portrays good and evil than its counterpart 13th Warrior. In Beowulf from the beginning it is very clearly defined who the hero is going to be. ... eople had told Beowulf about Grendel, Grendel's mom and the dragon. This is rather different in the 13th Warrior. In 13th Warrior Ahmad doesn't even want to go on an adventure, and even when he is cal ...

(3 pages) 21 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

13th warrior plot summary

Ahmad Iban Fadlan, the main character of The Thirteenth Warrior, by Michael Crichton was chosen as Baghdad's ambassador to the King of Bulgars in 922 A. D. ... like prayers and suddenly thirteen small bones appeared. She explained the bones signified thirteen warriors, who would travel north to protect Rothgar. "The angel of death has spoken," said Ahmad's i ... se one must be no Northman, and so you shall be the thirteenth." Ahmad was chosen as the thirteenth warrior and the band traveled north towards Rothgar. They encountered a small hut that was ravaged b ...

(2 pages) 2517 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Comparison of Beowulf to The 13th Warrior. Similarities and differences of the two stories.

Beowulf and The 13th Warrior have a various amount of similarities and differences. Beowulf is an epic told about th ... s. Beowulf is an epic told about the great achievements of the great hero, “Beowulf.” The 13th Warrior is a movie based on only one major character from Beowulf but instead, the main charact ... ; is the chief warrior who later dies after battle in the two. The battle events of Beowulf and The 13th Warrior are comparable because Beowulf and his followers seek entrance into the mother’s h ...

(2 pages) 17 1 4.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry