Epic Poem Essay: The Epic Of Beowulf

Beowulf is an epic poem that revolves around several battles between Beowulf himself, Grendel, Grendel’s mother and the dragon. Beowulf is an epic hero that is subject to faith and cannot escape mortality. He is a member of the Geats and is characterize as the mightiest man on earth, powerful, bold, a king, truthful and a natural leader. He also becomes fearful of death towards the end and is worry when encountering certain battles. With this in mind, he displays these characteristics several times throughout the poem by resolving the conflicts him and others had with Grendel, Grendel’s’ mother and the dragon.
Grendel is a powerful demon who is blood thirsty and jealous for not being able to be a part of the community that takes place in the …show more content…
It also gives the reader the backstory of the dragon and how he values his treasury. With that being said, someone awakes the dragon by taking his cup causing him to go on a rampage. Out of anger, trying to find the person who has taken his treasure, he burns down Beowulf house and several others. This causes Beowulf mood to darken and another battle to occur. Earlier in the poem Beowulf is bold and fearless, now he is afraid that he is going to die. He is sad at heart. As the battle begins, Beowulf takes his armor, sword and is trusting his faith. He’s not strong as he should be, but with the help of Wiglaf he defeats the dragon. The dragon bites Beowulf and causes him to die. With that being said, Beowulf did not expect to die. Here the poem shows how faith has been significantly important with the other battles between Beowulf, Grendel and Grendel’s mom because like himself, they were also strong and powerful. Unfortunately, now he has finally come face to face with mortality. Even though he defeated the dragon, the poison from the dragon bite causes him to die. Although, he doubts the battle between him and the dragon he still displays great leadership, and boldness by taking on the