Grendel

epic: the battle with Grendel, the battle with Grendel’s mother, and the monstrous dragon at the very end that ultimately brings about the hero’s demise. Three motivations, one motivation per battle (though they can be seen lightly in all of the battles), could be perhaps glory, honor, and duty. The first motivation of Beowulf is glory, which is seen by how the young warrior responds to the news of the Danes in need of assistance with a terrible brute of a monster called Grendel. He rises to…

Beowulf fought many battles in various locations. The initial battle required him to travel to Daneland where he encountered the foul beast named Grendel in the great mead hall, Heorot. Grendel approaches from the swamplands toward that gold shining hall “to kill and eat the mighty hero (291).” The following battle is with…

The monster of fear that they called Grendel would come into the castle at night when all the king's men were celebrating and drinking and kill and eat them. Beowulf had an old sword to help kill Grendel when it was time but he could not penetrate the monster with it. Another hero came along and helped Beowulf defeat the monster. Together they killed him. Beowulf is not…

(Bulfinch). He ends up failing his king by trying to save his own life and is forgiven by Arthur. Beowulf is the manly man that we all think of. In his story, a monster named Grendel is attacking and killing his people. When he finds out this information, he takes up the task of defending the people he cares about and goes to fight Grendel and killing him. Though Sir Gawain seems to be a perfect hero and knight, Beowulf is more of a true hero because he dedicates his life to others and…

name Grendel how can be hurt by weapons the monster well bewitched the weapons, rendering them useless. the king words "Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend Grendel who haunted the moors, the wild Marshes, and made his home in a hell. Not hell but hell on earth. He was spawned in that slime Of Cain, murderous creatures banished By God, punished forever for the crime Of Abel's death. in the battle Beowulf kill Grendel…

Grendel, as a de facto “star” of the poem, must be written as the superior being inasmuch as all heroes are portrayed as being one of the biggest and the baddest of any work of literature. Grendel’s mother, as other characters, must be portrayed as being…

Instead he was a stereotypical hero who was believed that he was a mighty, bold hero in the story. The true definition of a hero is someone who has outstanding abilities, strength, and distinguished courage, which was what Beowulf held but did not portray very well. Although, Beowulf fitted in with the Anglo Saxon time period “hero”, the protagonist was over appreciated for his victories. Heaney lacks in describing how Beowulf was just like every ordinary individual who was just in for the title…

Beowulf is loyal to the weak and defenseless in the battle with Grendel. The hall had been terrorized for 12 years and he told King Hrothgar that he would rid the mead hall of Grendel. Beowulf knows he needs to be loyal to his leader and kill Grendel. In the next battle we see Beowulf look for Grendel's body to avenge for all the deaths Grendel had caused. He is loyal to his men and feels for their loss. The last battle he kills the dragon to save the…

This figure wasn’t the ordinary human as he appeared to be. This was a brave and outstanding hero, a conqueror. Beowulf was going to do what they believed impossible. Beowulf had entered the putrid beast's lair. As he approached the shadowing dwelling, he noticed a heavy sword hanging from the wall. He carefully observed it before braking the binding chains on it’s hilt. He ripped it from the wall, his aggressive power showing on his twisted face. Quickly, he swung it over his shoulder and…

God and Beowulf Beowulf, the epic of the god blessed warrior, is one of the oldest written manuscripts we have in the modern era. The epic, though comparatively shorter than most of it fellow stories such as the Iliad, contains a rather thrilling story of the hero Beowulf. Beowulf, the geat Arch Warrior, comes to those struggling in need and slays the monsters that perils them. Yet for all these great deeds, Beowulf does not claim them in his own honor, but of the Lord’s Graces. Admittedly,…