Throughout life there are many lessons to be learned, and learning through stories is a vital part of attaining real life knowledge. Beowulf provides many life lessons that are still relevant in today’s modern society, one of these lessons being ‘Beware the Grendels’. Beware the Grendels is ultimately being aware that evil is going to be an ever present entity in the world and that one needs to overcome each evil one will undoubtedly face throughout life. In the epic poem Beowulf, the hero journey of Beowulf’s great battles throughout his life while he learns lessons, simultaneously the reader is taught very important lessons, one being definite evils need to be conquered. Beowulf came across a sea, which is not always the most forgiving to
