A Civilized Society

A Civilized Society What is the meaning of a companionship? A historian might say a beau monde is a group of people living in an ordered alliance that has a hierarchy. An adult might say that a society is a community of people that maintain trusted jobs and a community that has schools for their children to go to. A child might not level(p) know what the meaning of society is. Their answers differ because t here is not a sacred scripture written in history that clearly defines what a society is. But when society is narrow down into civilized society, it is here that agreements ar distinguished.Most people agree that the while and place they live in at this present moment is civilized, even though spirits are still considerd in. This also means that cartridge holder periods that are not considered civilized in nows terms, are considered civilized to the people living in that time period. In the book Beowulf, a book written in the seventh or eighter from Decatur century by a n anonymous author, there are two societies, the Danes, who trail in Denmark, and the Geats, who reside in southern Sweden.This book is named aft(prenominal) a person not surprisingly, this person is named Beowulf, a Geat who later becomes the king of the Geats. The Anglo-Saxon society in the book Beowulf is civilized because they study in monsters and their leading and group members have clear expectations. One might be move that a civilized society conceives in monsters, however, even societies instantly believe in monsters through television. Societies today create mutual exclusiveness movies rigorously for enjoyment however, it is a known concomitant that the monsters in the horror movies are not real.On that note, the anonymous author of Beowulf may have written the book purely for the entertainment of his people, all the while knowing that monsters do not exist, after all, it is probably the closest thing his society has to watching a horror movie. Grendel, the first monster Beowulf labours, is conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain (105-106). This is physically impossible because Cain is a human and Grendel is an actual monster in the book.Another fact that Beowulf was written for entertainment purposes is the fact that the author uses suspension of agnosticism, meaning that the readers believe things that are impossible in real for the sake of enjoying the book. For example, Beowulf sank through the waves(1495) for hours(1495) to fence Grendels mother, the mighty urine witch (1519). This is an example of suspension of disbelief because it is physically impossible for a human to swim under irrigate for hours without breathing.The Anglo-Saxon society is a civilized society because while todays society creates horror movies for entertainment, the author creates the book, Beowulf, for the entertainment of his people. As declared above, a society is a community of people that have certain jobs they must perform. This definition of a society is a factor of what a civilized society is. In Anglo-Saxon culture, a leader and his comitatus have clear expectations. In todays society, a leader leads the region and commands his people through the office of the prime minister.However, a leader in Anglo-Saxon culture does a little more than leading his boorish and commanding his people. In the book, Beowulf, there are two main leading Hrothgar (a Danish king) and Beowulf. These two leadership have the responsibility of bringing distinction for their country. When Hrothgar took the throne after his father, he led the Danes to such glory that comrades and kinsmen swore by his sword (65-66). Beowulf brings glory to his country by killing Grendel, the beast that has been pursue Herot for a long time, and by killing Grendels mother, the mighty water witch (1519). Then when Beowulf becomes the king of Geatland, he held it long and well (2208). As a leader has responsibilities, group members also have their responsib ilities. In todays society, they are responsible of jocking each other, but sometimes they do not always carry out the task. However, a comitatus in Anglo-Saxon society have the responsibility of helping the leader when he needs help. There was solitary(prenominal) one comitatus in Beowulf and they are Beowulfs men. Beowulfs comitatus are by his side during his three interlockings. However, Beowulfs comitatus was pronto available to help him in one out of the three dates.During the strife with Grendel, all of Beowulfs/Band had jumped from their beds, ancestral/Swords raised and ready(795-796). This is only battle that Beowulfs comitatus is readily available in to help. During Beowulfs battle with Grendels mother, the Danes left the swamp thinking Beowulf had died, but the Geats stayed, sat sadly, watching,/Imagining they see their lord but not believing/ They would ever see him again(1602-1603). It is here that we start to see that the use of goods and services of the comit atus start to change because the comitatus are at shore while Beowulf was under water, so, if Beowulf eeded their help, they would not be able to help him. In Beowulfs last battle, the battle against the dragon, none of his comrades/ Came to him, helped him (2596-2597) when Beowulf could not fight the dragon alone, they also ran away for their lives. At this point in the story, the role of a comitatus is no more. The Anglo-Saxon society is civilized only when the leaders and team members, the comitatus, carry out responsibilities. The Anglo-Saxon society is civilized because they believe in monsters through stories, and their leaders and comitatus have responsibilities, although sometimes the comitatus do not perform their responsibility.It is because they do not perform their duty in the battle with the dragon that the age of warriors ends. One rat argue that the age of warriors is a civilized time period, however, when the comitatus ran away from the battle, it is there that sign s of an uncivilized civilization is seen. Therefore, it can be said that now the giving of swords, of golden/ Rings and recondite estates, is over,/ Ended for you and everyone who shares/ Your blood when the brave Geats hear/ How you bolted and ran none of your race/ result have anything left but their lives(2884-2888).