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1Grace HagamanMrs. OrfanedesEnglish IV Honors7 February 2018Modern Day Good and EvilBeowulf is an epic hero and warrior who bravely fights off evil monsters that terrorize the people around him. Grendel, Grendel’s mom, and the dragon are three of the main evil characters in the epic poem. Modern day good and evil are represented in different forms other than the two archetypes seen in this epic poem. Ordinary people have the power to be good, or to be evil. Although good and evil may exist in ways that they aren’t typical archetypes, they are there nonetheless. In Beowulf, good and evil are the driving factors in how the story progresses. Without evil, there would not be a chance for Beowulf to be good. Grendel
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