Beowulf Good Vs Evil
The story of Beowulf is the story of good and evil. One theme that will relevant to our modern day society, and modern humanity. He embodies the part of the theme as being good through his mortal abilities. Whereas Grendel, his mother, and the fire breathing dragon embodies evil. Beowulf is working for the good of others to save not just the victims of the monster, but all of the humankind. The most important thing to remember about Beowulf is that he doesn’t fight humans’ only monsters of creatures. He does sometimes into altercations with men, such as Unferth. However, most people in the story are shown as good and evil. Only Beowulf and his distance cousin Wiglaf are portrayed as good. Since Beowulf is the embodiment of good in this
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The son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel. For his wrong doing God banished all his descendants from him and good. Therefore in the poem Beowulf, Grendel is shown to be an enemy of mankind. His mean attacks are driven by his jealousy and hate that humans are able to enjoy life in the light. Whereas for him, he is find fault with misery and in darkness. “A powerful monster, living down in the darkness, growled in pain, impatient as day after day the music rang. Loud in that hall the harp’s rejoicing.” (P.21 Elements of Literature Sixth Course, Beowulf)He hates hearing the sound of happiness and enjoying in the Herot. Not only does Grendel relatives makes him evil, but so does his actions. “Grendel went up to Herot, wondering what the warriors would do in the hall when their drinking was done. He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing, their dreams undisturbed. The monster’s thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws: He slipped through the door and there in the silence” (P.21 Elementa of Literature Sixth Course, Beowulf). “Snatched up thirty men, smashed them unknowing in their beds, and ran out with their bodies” (P.22 Elements of Literature Sixth Course). Grendel is the monster of the underground, he rules the nights and kills his victims in the
The son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel. For his wrong doing God banished all his descendants from him and good. Therefore in the poem Beowulf, Grendel is shown to be an enemy of mankind. His mean attacks are driven by his jealousy and hate that humans are able to enjoy life in the light. Whereas for him, he is find fault with misery and in darkness. “A powerful monster, living down in the darkness, growled in pain, impatient as day after day the music rang. Loud in that hall the harp’s rejoicing.” (P.21 Elements of Literature Sixth Course, Beowulf)He hates hearing the sound of happiness and enjoying in the Herot. Not only does Grendel relatives makes him evil, but so does his actions. “Grendel went up to Herot, wondering what the warriors would do in the hall when their drinking was done. He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing, their dreams undisturbed. The monster’s thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws: He slipped through the door and there in the silence” (P.21 Elementa of Literature Sixth Course, Beowulf). “Snatched up thirty men, smashed them unknowing in their beds, and ran out with their bodies” (P.22 Elements of Literature Sixth Course). Grendel is the monster of the underground, he rules the nights and kills his victims in the