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    Nobility and Beowulf

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    self-knowledge; in fact there are a series of events which lead up to his inner realization. Grendel is a powerful monster who terrorizes the Danes. He is feared of immensely by all of the people and nobody who has the courage to withstand him survives the attempt. “He was spawned in that slime‚ conceived by a pair of these monsters born of Cain‚ punished forever for the crime of Abel’s death.” (Line 19-23)Grendel is such a bad figure that he is known to be the reincarnation of the devil. When terrorizing

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    believe in magic and many of them practice magic. They also believe in the existence of gods and goddesses that affect our daily lives. Pagans believe in supernatural monsters and magical heroes. Beowulf and Grendel are perfect examples of this. Beowulf is a hero with superhuman or magical powers. Grendel is a demonic supernatural monster. There are also other mythical beasts included in Beowulf such as a dragon and sea monsters. These types of creatures are completely pagan. In Beowulf‚ some of the

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    Beowulf and modern day heroes share the same traits by doing good for the sake of good‚ having courage‚ and having supernatural powers. “ A prince of the Geats‚ had killed grendel”. (404) Through his battle with Grendel it truly showed the courage he had. Due to the fact that the monster reigned terror throughout the city. After 12 years; Beowulf was called to save the people. Throughout the series of Spider Man‚ Peter Parker plays a huge in protecting the city of New York‚ fight the bad guys trying

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    men in a thick cloud of shame. In Beowulf‚ the bloodthirsty monster Grendel terrorizes the Danish mead hall‚ Heorot. It seems that no warrior in Denmark can challenge the beast‚ and the Danes continue to suffer greatly. Word of this plight spreads‚ and it soon reaches a Geatish warrior named Beowulf. Beowulf is so confident in his own strength and skill that he‚ without hesitation‚ decides he will sail to Denmark to battle Grendel. As a warrior‚ Beowulf is inclined to take the challenge and prove

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    evil of the day. In a classic example of this comes Beowulf‚ a novel adaptation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem by Robert Nye. The main character and namesake of the story is Beowulf‚ an adventurous young hero. When he hears the tales of the monster Grendel that terrorizes the Danish kingdom‚ he immediately has the urge to lend his assistance to the situation‚ knowing that he is the only one who can defeat the evil. Not only is Beowulf a hero‚ he is an epic hero. An epic hero‚ by definition‚ is identified

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    have Grendel pulverize this concept proving that just as Grendel the character cannot exist without Beowulf the character‚ Grendel the novel cannot exist without Beowulf the poem. Gardner utilizes alliteration‚ demonic kennings‚ negative diction‚ pathos‚ first point of view‚ pleading repetition‚ innocent tone‚ and beastlike imagery to manipulate the villain role and create compassion for Grendel. Through the use of pathos‚ pleading diction‚ innocent tone‚ demonic kennings‚ creates Grendel look

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    poems in English literature. The epic follows a courageous warrior named Beowulf throughout his young‚ adult life and into his old age. As a young man‚ Beowulf becomes a legendary hero when he saves the land of the Danes from the hellish creatures‚ Grendel and his mother. Later‚ after fifty years pass‚ Beowulf is an old man and a great king of the Geats. A monstrous dragon soon invades his peaceful kingdom and he defends his people courageously‚ dying in the process. His body is burned and his ashes

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    valiant heroes each looked up to by their cultures with strength beyond measure and tremendous power. The two predominant characters in this essay are thesues; a great hero to Athens and Beowulf; the renowned hero who fights the troll like monster Grendel. His mother Aethra raised Theseus. Indoctrinated that his father was the eminent Poseidon the god of the sea. When Theseus turned the age of 16 his mother explained to Theseus he was the child of Aegeus the king of Athens. Aethra instructed Theseus

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    a real reason to go there (Foster 3). In Beowulf’s first quest he is the quester and his place to go is hall Heorot. The stated reason to go there is to defeat Grendel with his bare hands and the challenges and trials are Grendel killing the other soldiers and fighting the Grendel with no weapons. Beowulf eventually does defeat the Grendel with no

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    Beowulf Lesson 3

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    the epic? From what we know so far‚ Hrothgar is a Danish King. Who/What is causing so much grief in Hrothgar’s kingdom? The monster Grendel and his attacks on innocent victims is causing the grief in Hrothgars kingdom. 3. How many years has this battle with Grendel been going on? What attempts have been made to rid the land of this beast? The battle with Grendel has been going on for twelve years. A few attempts have been made to rid the land‚ such as‚ going to heathen temples‚ worshipping idols

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