n the same epic, but get two different stories out of it. The stories actually differ in ways that make your feelings change about the plot.These two stories were written during the Anglo Saxon period. Anglo Saxon was also the time of Medieval England. Each story gives a good representation of this time. It is necessary to learn about this period in order to get the full impact of these stories. To understand that Medieval England was very different compared to the current time is very important before reading the two stories. In the Anglo Saxon time they had no rights for animals, they would simply slaughter them for all the food they could eat. In today’s time there are animal rights. For example, there are animal rights activists. They believe that animals should not be killed for food or sport. Today’s societal views would have been laughed at from the point of view of the medieval world. Today we have the luxury of being able to drive down the street, run into the grocery store, and purchase whatever food we need. The Anglo Saxon’s did not have cars nor were there grocery stores. As for the Anglo Saxon’s, they had to get their own food whatever way possible. That meant they had to go out and kill animals for their meat, have their own gardens in order to have. The medieval period was one of wars, fighting, and killing. In that time people were killing other people without the consequences of jail time like there is today. They would have a little trial type situation where the king would decide if the person had good reason, if the did not they were to be exiled. Exiled means that the person would have to leave the kingdom and live on their own in another place without their king or kin. In today’s society, we have neither a king nor can someone be exiled. In today’s society if someone killed another person it can lead to a large amount of jail time. Another difference is tha...
