Beowulf and 9-11

            Parallels between Beowulf and the World Trade Center Tragedy.
             Beowulf, the story of a single man who brings a super power to its knees is a story that is clichéd many times in contemporary works. In the wake of the recent tragedy involving the World Trade Center I believe this epic takes on a whole new meaning. As previously stated this story of a single man by the name of Beowulf who has an unlimited amount of respect from his people and loyalty toward his country decides to attack an immovable super power by the name of Grendle. To parallel this to the recent tragedy I would associate Beowulf with Osama Bin Laden and Grendle with the United States of America. This comparison might offend many people but I believe that with much unbiased thought the connections are undeniable. .
             First of all Grendle is a hated individual with an unprecedented amount of power, too much of the world mainly Arabic and Islamic nations this is exactly how the United States is perceived. At the beginning of this epic Grendle makes the first strike and attacks helpless civilians, much like what the United States did during their bombing raids of Arabic nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan and even during the Vietnam war an example of that would be the massacre at May Lai. Then came the coming of Beowulf a man who most likely unfamiliar to Grendle, Beowulf took Jute civilians and trained them to fight and not fear Grendle, much like how Osama Bin Laden trained and funded Arabic and Muslim civilians to fight and not fear the United States, also Osama bin Laden was a very obscure individual to many Americans before this weeks tragedy. During the battle between the two enemies, Beowulf mortally wounds Grendle and the beast crawls back to its lair to recover and to plan its next attack. .
             In relation to last weeks situation, Bin Laden wounded America's economy and pride and as of late America has been plotting its next move against Bin laden and the Arab nations, and just like in the story of Beowulf, the ending of both situations is very uncertain.