Treasure In Beowulf

I picked this passage for two main reasons; first, because of the change of tone regarding treasure in this passage. In the sections of the poem about Beowulf’s fight with Grendel and his mother, treasure was valuable and distributing it generously was the sign of a good king. However, the last third of the poem casts treasure in a darker light, emphasizing its role in tragic tales and revealing it as cursed. Why the change in tone? What does this suggest about Beowulf’s final battle? I was also interested in the role of Christianity in this passage. Though treasure was central to paganism, here God has taken an interest in it as well. Because the curse was never mentioned beforehand it feels almost like an afterthought, and it makes me wonder