Beowulf Quotes

In the poem Beowulf there is a lot of different places in the text that show really good examples of the terms “Monster” and “Hero”. For instance, “They killed Giants, their conquering swords had brought them down. It is a good quote describing the “hero” term. Also, another good example is “I am certain to Hrothulf. He is noble and will use the young ones well. He will not let you down.” This quote is really good at describing how everyone was counting on him, and expecting him to save them. “Now Holy God has, in his goodness, guided him here to the West Danes, to defend us from Grendal.” I chose this quote as a really good one in describing, the way that everyone needed Beowulf to save them. They counted more on him then they did. He waited …show more content…
“And his glee was demonic, picturing the mayhem: before morning he would rip limb from limb and devour them, feed on their flesh; but his fate that night was due to change his days of ravening had come to an end.” This is also really good at describing monsters. The way that I look at monsters, is when it says “but his fate that night was due to change his days of ravening had come to an end.” Makes me think of any person that is hurting people, and tearing them apart from the inside out, anyone can be a monster and all of our fates will change in everything we do. In the poem Beowulf they really did use the terms “monster” and “hero” very good and it was making it really interesting because of how they slowly put different examples in the text. “One man, however, was in a fighting mood, awake and on edge, spoiling for action.” I actually thought this was in a way funny because the hero of the poem was more than ready for wat was about to come his way. “Then his rage boiled over, he ripped open the mouth of the building, maddening for blood,” This quote was very gruesome in the way that it had described