to be powerful‚ virtuous‚ and courageous; an exemplary epic hero. The poem analyzes his heroism from the time when he is a warrior and as he develops into a king. Beowulf encounters three separate and extremely difficult battles: the battle with Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother‚ and the dragon. In these battles‚ we can see the expression of the heroic code; and furthermore‚ a division between Beowulf’s youthful heroism as a gallant warrior and his mature heroism as a reliable king. As the story begins
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of the epic poem and an animated television movie from 1998. The epic poem is widely regarded to be the closest to the original story. Both the poem and the movie begin with the monster‚ Grendel‚ in his lair being disturbed by King Hrothgar and his people celebrating and feasting. (Beowulf‚ pg. 14‚ verse 1). Grendel decides he is fed up with the noise and makes his way to Herot‚ a hall where Hrothgar and his people were celebrating. When he gets to Herot he finds the men in a drunken sleep. He quickly
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reign of terror upon all the land‚ and that is exactly what he did. Grendel terrorized Herot‚ just as I had so many years before. I was so proud of my son‚ and of myself that I could finally sit back and pass the torch to the next dominant sea monster. However‚ Grendel’s end came before his time‚ and even before mine. To my shock and disbelief‚ someone had overcome my son. That someone went by the name of Beowulf. My Grendel‚ my own blood‚ was dead at the hands of that feeder-of-ravens. This
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and strength as he battles sea monsters‚ a fire breathing dragon‚ Grendel and Grendel’s mother‚ while also expressing his humility when initially refusing kingship for his victories. These
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mighty that he was being held so high by the people of his era. He was fight for the glory not for the gold. Beowulf out smarted the large Grendel and causes the amputation of grendel’s arms and soon he banished away to his lair. The victory of Beowulf was regarded so highly and the whole of Dane rejoiced. But the happiness did not look long because as Grendel was died‚ the monster mother becomes furious and killed so much more people‚ and king Hrothgar has this famous mead hall wher the merry making
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One of the essentials that Beowulf possesses is the unquenchable desire for a quest. Beowulf is measured as an immense quest seeker by rapidly taking the initiative to accept the first mission to kill Grendel just by “[hearing] how Grendel filled the nights with horror” (112). Grendel is a horrifying bayou creature of massive size that goes around slaying people from Herot. In spite of hearing Grendel’s appearance and actions‚ it does not intimidate Beowulf because the challenge is graciously
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every man. Brave the man that steps up to fight a war when help is needed. While both‚ the poem Beowulf and the movie The 13th Warrior seek for the need of an epic hero‚ fame is what Beowulf and Buliwyf desire. In the poem Beowulf ‚ Beowulf hears of Grendel terrorising the Danes. Beowulf‚ showing his bravery steps up as the brave man he is. “Proclaiming that he’d go to that famous king‚ would sail across the sea to Hrothgar‚ now when help was needed” (lines 114 - 116) These lines show that Beowulf is
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By defeating Grendel‚ a monster who has never been defeated‚ Beowulf would add to his legacy. To further his reputation‚ Beowulf decides to not use weapons or armor because Grendel “has no ideas of the arts of war‚ of shield or sword-play‚ though he does possess a wild strength” (Heany 16). Beowulf wants to make sure that his reputation is unquestionable because he does not want people to think that the only reason he defeated Grendel was due to his weapons. Since Grendel “has no ideas of the
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delivery man face different battles‚ they are both hero’s. Beowulf is an average individual but has an abnormal amount of strength gifted from The Holy God. He uses this strength to defeat his opponent‚ Grendel. Grendel is a monster who is also a pagan. Throughout Beowulf’s battle with Grendel‚ Beowulf discovered his strength and fought his enemy with his hands. He was defeating him and “The monster’s hatred rose higher‚ But his power had gone.” ( Beowulf has defeated the monster‚ but he couldn’t
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Beowulf is said to be a hero because he defeated Grendel and stopped him from killing any more of Hrothgar’s men. This showed his great loyalty to Hrothgar and his people. Beowulf is a hero because of his outstanding fighting skills‚ his great strength‚ and definitely his great loyalty. A hero is defined as a person who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Beowulf certainly fits into that category as his village looked up to him for his great skills and
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