One of the most interesting thing about Beowulf would be the Anglo-Saxon culture, in this culture, they have what you call a mead hall. A mead hall was a gathering place for warriors where they would celebrate and tell old fables passed down from generation to generation. The very significant part of the name of the hall is it included mead which was a honey-based alcoholic drink that they would drink. Another very interesting fact about the mead hall would be that women were not allowed within, this was a man's sanctuary and very much like a second home to many of them. The halls were built narrow and long with two doors, one on each end, also in the middle of the hall was a fire pit for warmth and was sometimes used to cook when they feasted.
Heorot is the majestic mead hall in the epic of Beowulf, it represents the middle and the strength of the Danish kingdom. The King, Hrothgar, builds this to represent how great of a king he is and all the good deeds that he has done. Then when Grendel comes and tears the hall into pieces, this hurts the image of the king. Since the mead-hall is a representation of the king it makes him look weak. If Hrothgar cannot protect the center of his kingdom, then how is he going to look after his entire kingdom?
In Beowulf, the cultural treasure was very important to the people represented in the book which were the medieval Scandinavia and also Englishmen. Which these people relied heavily on the giving and receiving of gold, armor, weapons, coins, jewels, jewelry, and other treasures worth value. The king also would pay his followers in all kinds of treasures and goods in order to ensure their loyalty, these people w...
