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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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    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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    Grendel‚ generally seen as a monster or giant‚ is one of the main antagonists in the popular Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. Portrayed as the epitome of evil‚ Grendel brutally attacks the meadhall of the Danes for twelve years before being defeated by the epic hero Beowulf. Gardner‚ through his book Grendel‚ creates a new point of view of these events through Grendel eyes‚ as Grendel learns about the humans and how they seem like wild animals in their actions. In Grendel by John Gardner‚ Gardner reveals

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    hero (Tolkien 24). The setting of this epic is the six century in Denmark and southern Sweden. The protagonist‚ Beowulf is a noble warrior represents the goodness battles against the evil monsters- GrendelGrendel ’s mother and the fiery dragon in order to save his country. Beowulf ’s victory over Grendel and his mother shows the power of goodness can defeat the evil forces. Even though Beowulf is killed by the dragon in the end‚ his heroic death fulfills with courage and glory. He is selfless‚ even

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    beowulf there is this monster named grendel who haunted the moors “he is this powerful monster laying down in the darkness growing in pain”. And further on in the book‚ their i this hero Beowulf the bravest‚ stronger man than anyone in the world. One night grendel was angry with all the noise the king and the king’s men were making‚ so he goes down and kills a lot of his men. This happens several times.the hero Beowulf hears their cry for help and comes to kill grendel. At the end he kills him with no

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    She is the oldest child of three and is put in a position as a “mother” figure to her two younger siblings. Ree Dolly can be best compared to with the great Geat hero‚ Beowulf. In Beowulf‚ we see a fearless Geat who after hearing of the monstrous Grendel attacking the King of the Danes‚ Hrothgar‚ travels in pursuit of saving him. Both these characters show many of the same characteristics but they also contrast in some situations. Ree lives in the rural Ozarks with her mother and her two younger

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    revenge. This is the case with the monster‚ Grendel‚ in Beowulf‚ by John Gardner. Grendel feels excluded from humans in general‚ because he cannot understand them. He feels as though he does not belong to a community‚ because he has been living alone with his mother for such a long time. Overall‚ it is the combination of many different types of exclusions that pushes Grendel to become such a cruel‚ hideous beast with a hardened heart and a thirst to kill. Grendel is where most of the description of this

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    September‚ 2014 HCTA: Beowulf Theme: Wisdom is a more valuable weapon than physical strength. Quote 1: And that night Grendel came again‚ so set / On murder that no crime could ever be enough‚ / No savage assault quench his lust / For evil. Then each warrior tried / To escape him‚ searched for rest in different / Beds‚ as far from Herot as they could find‚ / Seeing how Grendel hunted when they slept. / Distance was safety; the only survivors / Were those who fled him. Hate had triumphed.

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