Beowulf v. Star Wars Compare & Contrast

The idea of the monomyth can be mentioned in classic literature as well as in mono motion pictures. The definition Joseph Campbell gives of a hero deals with eight stages. These eight stages can be found in Beowulf in addition to Star Wars. Beowulf, the strongest of the people known as Geats, proclaimed that he would help get rid of the monster that was terrorizing the Danes. Star Wars', Luke Skywalker was a simple farm …

…all the monsters. Luke saved his part of the world by defeating Darth Vader and his men as well as saving Princess Leia. As for Beowulf, allowing Geatland and the Danes to live a much more comfortable life occurred when he killed all of the monsters, which saved his part of the world. Luke's nadir occurred when Obi-Wan Kenobi died and as for Beowulf, his appeared when his people let him down thinking he died.