2/26/20 Eri Dumesh Period 1

Red Horse, Hrothulf, and the revolution of the Danes 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel

Aim- How are the philosophies of Religion and Government constructed by the
Hypocrisies in Grendel: Wealtheow is supposed to be in a perfect marriage and the ideal wife but in reality Hrothgar wants to expand his power and legacy. Hrothgar would not risk his life when Grendel attacks to save his wife, and she starts to realize that she’s a small part of the large, self centered plan that he has. He is only worried about preserving his name, and that is one of the biggest hypocrisies of a good long. 

Also, Hrothgar is further a hypocrite when he states that he will deal with the problem of the growingly-powerful king Ingeld by marrying off his daughter. He first expresses his disappointment that Wealtheow spent her entire life with an elderly husband, however he solves his problems by subjecting his daughter to the exact same fate. 


What is the Symbolism of Red Horse? What is in the name? 

http://www.peterolsenart.com/slide15.html

Horse talks about how one government full of tyranny is only going to be replaced by another with a revolution. He talks about how there must be “murder and mayhem” to lead to real change. Hrothulf is a carrier of destruction for him. Although he may represent communism with a similar socioeconomic position as Hrothulf, I believe he represents more. He can also represent the Red Horse of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who is manned by War. Even more so, he can be connected to the Native American Red Horse, who watched the Battle of Little Bighorn and saw/sketched the true evil nature of warfare. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Horse_(Lakota_chief) 

Reflection
After the lesson regarding Red Horse and this chapter, I realized political and social philosophies stay more or less the same over time. Root ideas are never changed, with only small details being added. This can be seen with how Red Horse wants no government, saying that tyranny is only replaced by tyranny. This seems like a simple idea, but has molded history for so hundreds of years. While Red Horse is fictional, it is easy to see that a political viewpoint, like communism for example, has existed for hundreds of year. Even with mass death and failure it is still found in many countries outside the United States. Red Horse can easily reflect the communist struggle in the 1900s and through time. 
Further Reading http://www.american-tribes.com/Lakota/BIO/RedHorse.htm

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