Examples Of Good And Evil In Beowulf
Good vs evil
In beowulf good and evil played a big part because, it also deals with heaven hell which also represents good and evil. Well first let's start with good. Good in beowulf played a big part because, beowulf was a hero he had a lot of good in him and did a lot of good things but later on he fame got to him. Beowulf fought for the good side against grendel the bad side.
In beowulf heaven is represented as good and it comes up many times in the story, light and darkness are closely associated throughout the poem representing good and evil. Good appears as a epic warrior named beowulf who fights for the human civilization. Beowulf represents the ability to do good, or to perform acts of selflessly helping the people of his village by …show more content…
In the poem Grendel is represented as dark or evil and Beowulf fights literally the demons of hell. Grendel is the embodiment of evil, Grendel is the descendent if Cain who was Adam and eves son he killed his brother able and for that he was banished fork god and all things good. Grendel isn’t just evil because of his ancestors he also is very evil and does evil things. Grendel goes to warriors while they are sleeping and picks them off one by one he also goes to the mead hall and takes people and eats them.
Grendel’s mother is more understanding but when she finds out Beowulf killed her son she wants to avenge him. So she goes and takes hrothgars friend and killes him after that Beowulf hears about it and goes over there and as he dives in the lake she takes him under which makes the fight harder for Beowulf. She is about the same strength as Grendel but she fights different which makes the fight harder for Beowulf to win but in one he finds a sword down there and killes her as well.
So good and evil play big parts in Beowulf because it is a old story which has a lot to do with religion and it good and evil ties into heaven and hell and also light and darkness. Beowulf fought for honor but over time let that get to him and he realized he couldn’t do that and Grendel and his mother were both evil demons seeking to kill whoever was
In beowulf good and evil played a big part because, it also deals with heaven hell which also represents good and evil. Well first let's start with good. Good in beowulf played a big part because, beowulf was a hero he had a lot of good in him and did a lot of good things but later on he fame got to him. Beowulf fought for the good side against grendel the bad side.
In beowulf heaven is represented as good and it comes up many times in the story, light and darkness are closely associated throughout the poem representing good and evil. Good appears as a epic warrior named beowulf who fights for the human civilization. Beowulf represents the ability to do good, or to perform acts of selflessly helping the people of his village by …show more content…
In the poem Grendel is represented as dark or evil and Beowulf fights literally the demons of hell. Grendel is the embodiment of evil, Grendel is the descendent if Cain who was Adam and eves son he killed his brother able and for that he was banished fork god and all things good. Grendel isn’t just evil because of his ancestors he also is very evil and does evil things. Grendel goes to warriors while they are sleeping and picks them off one by one he also goes to the mead hall and takes people and eats them.
Grendel’s mother is more understanding but when she finds out Beowulf killed her son she wants to avenge him. So she goes and takes hrothgars friend and killes him after that Beowulf hears about it and goes over there and as he dives in the lake she takes him under which makes the fight harder for Beowulf. She is about the same strength as Grendel but she fights different which makes the fight harder for Beowulf to win but in one he finds a sword down there and killes her as well.
So good and evil play big parts in Beowulf because it is a old story which has a lot to do with religion and it good and evil ties into heaven and hell and also light and darkness. Beowulf fought for honor but over time let that get to him and he realized he couldn’t do that and Grendel and his mother were both evil demons seeking to kill whoever was