What Is Beowulf Evil

Beowulf The Great The one story that stands out the most in Anglo-Saxon bards history is Beowulf. This heroic story, translated by Burton Raffel, tells of a hero’s journey to conquer the evil in his land. The creature that Beowulf is called to destroy is a monstrosity that goes by the name of Grendal. Beowulf fakes sleeping and waits for the beast to snatch at him. He surprises the monster when he grabs his claws and puts him into submission. Beowulf’s abyss is when he is battling the demon Grendal. “That of evil, guardian of crime, knew at once that nowhere on Earth had he met a man who’s hands were harder; his mind flooded with fear-but nothing could take is talons and himself from the tight hard grip”(33). He had the monster at his