Examples Of Good Vs Evil In Beowulf

Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem that was written by an Anglo-Saxon poet before the tenth century A.D. Not only is Beowulf an epic poem but it can be considered a fairy tale because it has a moral meaning, good versus evil, and the motifs occurring in different fairytales. Most fairytales have a moral meaning in their story. Beowulf is the first epic to show a variety of good deeds. The most important moral is putting others before yourself which Beowulf shows a good example of in episode two “That man called for a ship, said he would cross the ocean and help the king who needed help” (Beowulf, episode 2). There are several encounters of evil that most fairy tales have as the main element in a story. In Beowulf, the book states “Grendel