Beowulf - A Christian?

While watching Beowulf I immediately noticed the contrast between good and evil. Grendel and her mother were portrayed as being demonic and I first perceived Beowulf as having Christ like attributes. I saw this when he went to sacrifice his own life to rescue the Danes from Grendel. When the king asked him how much money he needed, he replied with compassion, and said he is not doing it for money. This is similar to how Christ came and sacrificed himself for humanity. However as the movie progressed I noticed how Beowulf was very prideful and lost himself in earthly pleasures. By the end of the movie, Beowulf was a Christian who strived to have the love and self-sacrifice that Christ had.

-Mitchel Daniel