Beowulf Essay Beowulf is an epic hero who battles three demons, Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a nasty dragon. Grendel is a monster who killed people for their blood. Beowulf pretended to sleep so he could trick Grendel and kill him so no one else would die. Grendel’s mother was not happy that Beowulf killed Grendel. Grendel’s mother killed a friend of Hrothgar, the king. Beowulf went to Grendel’s mother and killed her without any weapons. 50 winters later a dragon was terrorizing the Geats, so Beowulf had a duty to go and kill the dragon so he would stop terrorizing the Geats. Beowulf was burned badly while trying to kill the dragon, and all of the men with him got scared and fled except for one man named Wiglaf. Wiglaf helped Beowulf finish
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In Beowulf it states “In the darkness, the horrible shrieks of pain and defeat” (Raffel 309-310). It also says “As Grendel and Beowulf battled across them” (Raffel 300). This is saying that Beowulf and Grendel battled across the men in the mead hall. Also, it is saying that if they battled across the men then Beowulf fought Grendel all by himself, and he won. Beowulf defeated Grendel all by himself. This is saying that Beowulf is strong. Another way Beowulf is shown that is a strong and responsible leader is when he jumped into the lake to fight Grendel’s mother. Beowulf was being responsible because Grendel’s mom killed Hrothgar’s good friend, so he went to go get her for that. Beowulf was being strong by jumping into the lake to fight Grendel’s mom. Also, he is strong and responsible when he goes to battle the dragon. He is strong when the dragon hurts him but he stills goes to fight even more. Beowulf didn’t run after he got hurt he stayed and fought to kill the dragon even though he was in pain. This says that Beowulf is strong, and it also says that he was responsible by killing the dragon for he Geats. Beowulf is shown in many ways how strong and responsible he is, but these are just few of the many
In Beowulf it states “In the darkness, the horrible shrieks of pain and defeat” (Raffel 309-310). It also says “As Grendel and Beowulf battled across them” (Raffel 300). This is saying that Beowulf and Grendel battled across the men in the mead hall. Also, it is saying that if they battled across the men then Beowulf fought Grendel all by himself, and he won. Beowulf defeated Grendel all by himself. This is saying that Beowulf is strong. Another way Beowulf is shown that is a strong and responsible leader is when he jumped into the lake to fight Grendel’s mother. Beowulf was being responsible because Grendel’s mom killed Hrothgar’s good friend, so he went to go get her for that. Beowulf was being strong by jumping into the lake to fight Grendel’s mom. Also, he is strong and responsible when he goes to battle the dragon. He is strong when the dragon hurts him but he stills goes to fight even more. Beowulf didn’t run after he got hurt he stayed and fought to kill the dragon even though he was in pain. This says that Beowulf is strong, and it also says that he was responsible by killing the dragon for he Geats. Beowulf is shown in many ways how strong and responsible he is, but these are just few of the many