of Beowulf; some of the stories were incorporated into the translated version. The epic tells of Beowulf‚ a Geat from Sweden who crosses the sea to Denmark in a quest to rescue King Hrothgar’s people from the demonic monster Grendel. Like Beowulf ridding people of Grendel‚ Christ rid people of evil. Many people see Christ as a heroic figure; much like the Danes and Geats saw Beowulf. This is not the only part in the story that is similar or has something to do with the Christian religion. In
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and fight Grendel other than to gain fame. Beowulf had to travel to find the land that was under Grendel’s curse. It’s not like Beowulf had been directly affected by Grendel. When he defeated Grendel‚ he gained fame‚ riches‚ and the throne. That is what he wanted from the beginning.
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perhaps by a scop‚ one who wrote and recited poems in a form of entertainment during Medieval England. In this composition the main protagonist‚ whose name is Beowulf‚ is viewed as a courageous Geatish hero who takes on multiple confrontations against Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother‚ and a dragon. The audience of this story back then would most likely have been Medieval Kinsmen at a mead hall‚ sitting around tables‚ listening to a scop recite the poem. During this time period‚ stories with heroic characters
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Beowulf encounters three monsters that make him an epic hero. Throughout the poem the reader can see how Beowulf is the greatest warrior of his time. He constantly proves himself through fights and displays countless leadership qualities. Grendel is the first monster that he encounters‚ and it shows the reader how this monster that killed thirty men‚ is no match for Beowulf. Then‚ he faces Grendel’s mother‚ who proves to be more difficult‚ but with the help of a magical sword‚ Beowulf defeats her
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world only knew Grendel‚ a monster‚ to be the strongest in the world. Beowulf is in fact so strong that Line 146 states “...such weapons‚ unless his appearance and his beauty.” The Guard he came across was so admired by his muscles that he was actually stunned by Beowulf’s “beauty”. Line 307‚ Grendel is instantly seized by Beowulf upon trying to clutch him‚ an act that had never been accomplished before his arrival. Beowulf is incredibly strong to have seized Grendel‚ because he (Grendel) has snatched
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has a hero in it and an epic journey with epic enemies but it’s also a sad ending for the hero. Now I like this story and in this story Beowulf had a motivation throw this entire story. I say his very first motivation was his duty to get rid of Grendel. Because when he headed to Denmark to get rid of the violent beast he told the king “My People have said‚ the wisest‚ most knowing and best of them‚ that my duty was to go to the Danes’ Great king” From line 244. When the king lets him stay
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example‚ the grotesque description from Beowulf about how Grendel would murder him has amazing imagery. "Gendel will carry our bloody flesh to the moors‚ crunch on our bones and smear torn scraps of our skin on the walls of his den." That excerpt gives an amazing mental picture and a sense of Grendel’s ruthlessness. Without the imagery‚ Grendel wouldn’t seem so callous and Beowulf so brave. Another great example of imagery is when Grendel
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noise from Heorot angers Grendel‚ a horrible demon who lives in the swamplands of Hrothgar’s kingdom. Grendel terrorizes the Danes every night‚ killing them and defeating their efforts to fight back. The Danes suffer many years of fear‚ danger‚ and death at the hands of Grendel. Eventually‚ however‚ a young Geatish warrior named Beowulf hears of Hrothgar’s plight. Inspired by the challenge‚ Beowulf sails to Denmark with a small company of men‚ determined to defeat Grendel. Hrothgar‚ who had once
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The monster in the novel Frankenstein differs from the monster Grendel in many ways for example: the point of view of the characters‚ how the monsters were created‚ and finally the fate of the monsters. However none of these things make one monster better than the other. Each monster had their own hardships in their novels and how can one hardship be put before another. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly instead of having the point of view of the monster it is of‚ Frankenstein‚ the monster’s
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battle with Grendel‚ he states that‚ “…My lord Higlac/ Might think less if I let my sword/ Go where my feet were afraid to…” (169-171). Here‚ Beowulf believes that if he uses his sword in battle‚ then he does not deserve the glory if he wins; he has to kill with his bare hands. Because of the Anglo-Saxon culture‚ he fears that without the proper death of the enemy‚ he will not receive enough glory to be remembered in his short life. Another example of glory is after the battle with Grendel‚ “…No Dane
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