Throughout the story, Beowulf fights three battles. The first one being with Grendel, then Grendels’ mother and finally the dragon. Beowulfs’ motivation and reward for fighting each battle was different, but in each one he was victorious.
During the first battle Beowulf travels to Denmark to defeat Grendel, a monster descended from Cain, that had been tormenting the Danes for twelve years. Beowulf was motivated to fight Grendel because every man that had tried to defeat the monster before had failed, and he pledged his allegiance to Hrothgar because of the friendship between Hrothgar and Beowulfs’ father. Beowulf vowed to fight the monster with no weapons and was able to rip off Grendels’ arm. After losing his arm, Grendel sought refuge in
During the first battle Beowulf travels to Denmark to defeat Grendel, a monster descended from Cain, that had been tormenting the Danes for twelve years. Beowulf was motivated to fight Grendel because every man that had tried to defeat the monster before had failed, and he pledged his allegiance to Hrothgar because of the friendship between Hrothgar and Beowulfs’ father. Beowulf vowed to fight the monster with no weapons and was able to rip off Grendels’ arm. After losing his arm, Grendel sought refuge in