went into a rage. She burned villages‚ and killed people. She let out a huge flame of fire hoping to find the slave that deprived her of some riches. Beowulf was old but still had that warrior fighting fire. It had been fifty years since he defeated Grendel‚ and his mother. Beowulf asked for a certain shield‚ and a few men to tag along in his efforts to defeat the dragon. He also took a sword that was given to him. This was not his first rodeo‚ but fear was present on the day of battle. Once again Beowulf
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helps him with the bat cave. He is a batman best friend and acts as the surrogate father of batman after the death of his parents. Beowulf fights three monsters which are: Grendel‚ Grendel mother and the dragon. Beowulf age becomes difficult to fight evil. You can see that Beowulf cannot fight the dragon like he fought Grendel. Beowulf has many followers that stick by his side. The only that helps him is wiglaf and he heir to the throne. You can compare wiglaf to robin he helps fight evil with their
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festivities. For a good amount of time the Danes enjoyed peace until one Grendel‚ who was descendant of Cain‚ attacked the hall and killed thirty men when they fell asleep. Grendel continued these attacks for twelve winters. After all this time‚ word begins to spread throughout kingdoms. Beowulf‚ who is the best warrior in the world‚ hears the horrible things that are going on and decides to travel to Hrothgar’s kingdom to help defeat Grendel. When Beowulf arrives the Danes question him at first. But Beowulf
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revenge. Beowulf consists of three main story arcs‚ the first arc begins with Grendel‚ the cursed descendant of Cain--enemy of man‚ who closely follows in the
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of his community; it was his duty to keep order among his community and protect them from evil. This includes the evil of Grendel‚ and therefore it was Beowulf’s duty to slay the monster. This relationship between Beowulf and his community resembles the relationship that Beowulf has with God. Without him‚ his community was sure to eventually be murdered and eaten by Grendel. Beowulf‚ however‚ protects them and keeps them out of harm’s way. Similarly‚ God serves as protection for Beowulf. Throughout
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Horthgar and the rest of the Danish people. Horthgar thankfully says to Beowulf “you have traveled here to favour us with help and fight for us” (line 457).The creature that creates this danger is called Grendel. Grendel is a monster that everyone feared to battle but Beowulf. When Beowulf knows that Grendel has enormous power‚ he prefers to battle and fulfill his loyalty than to escape safely. That incident shows how loyal he is to Horthgar and his people. He sacrifices with his life in order to protect
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through the whole story. With doing outside research I noticed different scholars frequently question whether or not the author was writing with his Christian faith as the mainstream of his work. Many would say Beowulf is somewhat of a Christ figure. Grendel is also what man may call the devil. This somewhat contradicts the common census of this actual piece being pagan theology. With other readings of different essays and articles they each had more concern of the Christian aspect concerning on the
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mercy against Grendel. He shows his people that he has the true characteristics if an epic hero. Beowulf shows bravery‚ and loyalty: …Now Grendel and I
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fights Grendel‚ an “evil creature…full of envy and anger” (13). Grendel‚ a cursed descendent of Cain who lived in the darkness‚ attacked the people out of anger and jealousy‚ for they were constantly rejoicing and celebrating. When Beowulf heard of Grendel’s murders and attacks‚ he set out to avenge the Danes. Although Grendel is protected by “his sorceries‚” Beowulf is victorious in defeating him by brutally pulling Grendel’s arm from his socket‚ fatally wounding him. In this battle‚ Grendel is very
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it. (Grummere‚ 50) As a great monster‚ Beowulf knew that defeating it would bring him great fortune by saving the people that were being tormented. (Scheps‚ pg2) As a great and valiant warrior‚ Beowulf also believed in fair fights. Knowing that Grendel would be fighting unarmed‚ Beowulf wanted a give him a fair fight. He believed that nobody should have the upper hand. Beowulf showed that he wanted to be fair to everyone‚ including his enemies. (Scheps‚ pg.2) This did not only show fairness but
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