It is said that Zeus‚ the Lord of the Sky‚ once stated that a true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength but by the strength of his heart. A person who claims to be a hero can boast about his strength and how many monsters he’s defeated‚ but he can’t be a true hero if in the end he’s defeating all these monsters to show off. A true and epic hero is the man or woman who has the intent on helping people in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Beowulf‚ because of his selflessness‚ valor‚ and honor
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epic Beowulf and all the conflicts in Beowulf they can think of is the fight between Grendel and Beowulf and although this is a major conflict‚ the story has various such as the fight between Grendel’s mother and Beowulf‚ The Danes and Grendel‚ Beowulf and Grendel and the final battle between Grendel and the dragon. So although Although the biggest conflict seen in the story was between Grendel and Beowulf the reader also finds that Beowulf gets into other conflicts with Grendel’s mother
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Herot: Grendel: Beowulf: Higlac: Wiglaf: The Wrath of Grendel 1. What angered Grendel? 2. What do the scops (minstrels) in Herot sing about? 3. Who were Grendel’s parents? 4. What did Grendel find when he entered Herot? What did he do? 5. How did Hrothgar and his people react? 6. Who were the only survivors? 7. How long was Herot empty? 8. What object did Grendel never touch? Why? 9. How did the Danes sometimes try to solve their problems with Grendel? What
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did help prove his point how strong he really is. Some people may consider him foolish man for offering his help to defeat the hell-serf‚ Grendel without any weapons or armor‚ but I have learned that the real reason for his actions is so that he can put his strength to good use and help rid people of their suffering. While Beowulf was riding my Kinngdom of Grendel‚ a blood thirsty demon‚ that terrorized my people‚ killing many of my men. Beowulf said that he did not want any help doing this job.
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strength‚ while risking his life for the greater good of society. Beowulf is definitely a very courageous man. While being a leader of the Geats and protecting the land‚ he shows bravery throughout the epic poem. Beowulf’s motivation was not to kill Grendel‚ a demon descended from Cain‚ but to only build up his reputation. He shows bravery specifically during three accomplishments during the epic poem. Beowulf’s first accomplishment was
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Beowulf bravely decides to make a voyage to Denmark to spare the Danes of their misery and fight Grendel‚ a murderous spawn of Cain. The poem reads‚ “proclaiming that he’d go to that famous king‚ would sail across the sea to Hrothgar‚ now when help was needed (Beowulf 199-201).” This is an example of courage because “Grendel ruled” and was dangerously overpowering‚ but Beowulf was determined slay Grendel or die trying. This characteristic shown by Beowulf exemplifies courage. Beowulf also demonstrates
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to Beowulf - the warrior and the leader. In the beginning‚ he fights alone for one purpose‚ but by the end of the story he rallies troops to help him fight. Beowulf‚ being the mighty warrior he is‚ hears about Grendel and sails to Hrothgar’s town to help defeat Grendel. Beowulf tells us that “all knew of my awesome strength. They had seen me boltered in the blood of enemies when I battled and bound five beasts‚ raided trolls-nest‚ and in the night sea slaughtered sea brutes” (lines 418-421)
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of Grendel attacking others. Grendel attacks every night in the mead hall and kills them if possible. King Hrothgar is the leader responsible for taking care of his kingdom and with defending Grendel‚ but he is not able to take care of his kingdom as is necessary. Beowulf offers to travel and fight Grendel for Hrothgar‚ which Hrothgar accepts because it is necessary for his kingdom. Beowulf waits to attack Grendel in the mead hall and eventually he comes to attack. He chooses to fight Grendel in
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Grendel is a man-eating demon that lives in the land of the Spear-Danes and attacks King Hrothgar’s mead-hall‚ Heorot‚ every evening. The narrator of Beowulf claims that Grendel’s motivation is hearing Hrothgar’s bard sing songs about God’s creation of the world‚ which rubs his demonic nature the wrong way. Whatever the reason‚ every night Grendel slaughters more Danes and feeds on their corpses after tearing them limb from limb. Although he can’t be harmed by the blade of any edged weapon‚ Grendel
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Beowulf: Grendel Who were Grendel’s earliest ancestors? How did he come to exist? Cain the eldest son of Adam and Eve‚ and other demons. He came to exist when the demons split into evil forms. What is meant by “The beginning might not be the end”? Hrothgar fears that Grendel may come again and that his first attack will not be the last. In what way has hate triumphed? Because Grendel’s hate has driven everyone from Herot. What does the phrase “hell-forged hands” suggest about Grendel? That
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