A literary symbol is something, often an object, that stands for a significant concepts or sense of idea. A symbol is in each of the characters and they each have a special value to show what they symbolize in each character that is presented. In Beowulf, the most important symbols are Hrothgar’s Mead Hall which is called Heorot, Grendel’s arm and claw, Grendel and Grendel’s mother 's cave or home, the sword that Beowulf uses to kill the Grendel’s mother, and of course the dragon 's treasure.
Hrothgar’s Hall
Hrothgar’s great mead-hall, Herot also know to be called the “Hall of the Heart”, is going to be known for being both a setting and symbol in the epic poem. It is much more than a place to drink and get a little crazy in a bad way. Herot …show more content…
It represents them as outcast and hidden beneath a dark forbidden swamp. The cave allows them to feel like they are safe and have privacy in a world that they see as hostile because of what they do since they are monsters. The cave also represents their heritage as descendants of cain, they are associated with sorcery, black magic, demons, ancient ruins, and hell itself.. pretty scary if you think about it. The cave itself represents a world that’s different to Herot since its glamorous in it’s own way, which it’s full of riches, the one that towers high and bright and is full of song and joy, and it is a man 's greatest achievement. The other, which is the cave, is dark and dank and full of evil, in the middle of a forbidden swamp, is their home, which represents a resentful outcast to the world. Grendel’s mother is able to fight Beowulf in the cave because he goes to find her and she has an advantage to killing him for revenge. Of course beowulf wins and takes the victory over the monsters and goes to celebrate his win over the fight. Although, it is not clear whether he wins because of the dark magic that is in the cave and in the sword, we don’t really know what happened. In the movie though, he doesn’t kill Grendel’s mother, he actually gives her a baby which is the dragon in the next upcoming part of the story after he has supposedly slayed the two great
Hrothgar’s Hall
Hrothgar’s great mead-hall, Herot also know to be called the “Hall of the Heart”, is going to be known for being both a setting and symbol in the epic poem. It is much more than a place to drink and get a little crazy in a bad way. Herot …show more content…
It represents them as outcast and hidden beneath a dark forbidden swamp. The cave allows them to feel like they are safe and have privacy in a world that they see as hostile because of what they do since they are monsters. The cave also represents their heritage as descendants of cain, they are associated with sorcery, black magic, demons, ancient ruins, and hell itself.. pretty scary if you think about it. The cave itself represents a world that’s different to Herot since its glamorous in it’s own way, which it’s full of riches, the one that towers high and bright and is full of song and joy, and it is a man 's greatest achievement. The other, which is the cave, is dark and dank and full of evil, in the middle of a forbidden swamp, is their home, which represents a resentful outcast to the world. Grendel’s mother is able to fight Beowulf in the cave because he goes to find her and she has an advantage to killing him for revenge. Of course beowulf wins and takes the victory over the monsters and goes to celebrate his win over the fight. Although, it is not clear whether he wins because of the dark magic that is in the cave and in the sword, we don’t really know what happened. In the movie though, he doesn’t kill Grendel’s mother, he actually gives her a baby which is the dragon in the next upcoming part of the story after he has supposedly slayed the two great