Mythical Creatures In Beowulf

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When people imagine monsters, they think of mythical creatures, the fantasy of an old wise tale. As a matter of fact, some people believe in the life of mythical creatures. The monsters in Beowulf are described as demons, and represent horror. But maybe there are other than just mythical creatures in our world, that may even have the same representation as the monsters in Beowulf. While not physically destroying a memorial place like Grendel does to the Heorot Hall, but brainwashing a nation and causing mental harm to the public. Can real people act as mythical creatures? So evil, that the fantasy of the monsters in Beowulf does not even compare to the evil of one human being? The many corrupt things that Kim Jong-un announces, and orders his followers do seem to be enormously more monstrous than the mythical creatures in Beowulf.
In an interview The Washington Post does with a woman that once lived in North Korea, she exposes all of the crude truth Kim makes his citizens to do. Jeon Geum-ju begins telling about a song the kids were forced to sing everyday at school, and “were once ingrained
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After Otto was sentenced fifteen years of hard labor in North Korea, he was released back to America after 17 months due to being in a coma with brain damage and said to be in a “unresponsive wakefulness”, and died a week after being back with his family. When Beowulf, defeats Grendel's mother with her sword made by giants, can be compared to Otto Warmbier being sent back to America to have his parents presents with him before he passed away, and left with a feeling of being content with his family. Although Otto’s story and Beowulf’s story ended with different outcomes, both Otto and the people Beowulf was protecting are both set with ease to not have to worry about a monster being with them any

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