Grendel's mother

This excerpt shows the literary element of alliteration as it describes Shield’s heirs. It gives an insight to the heritage of the king Hrothgar. It portrays Hrothgar’s father as a great king. This is important because it helps the reader understand the Danes’ family tree. The quote also reveals that Hrothgar followed his father’s legacy of being a fantastic fighter and father. These lines draw upon the literary technique of foreshadowing. Hrothgar’s minstrel tells the story of Sigemund who…

as "grim and greedy, brutally cruel," in weapon less battle. After, He then goes to the lair of Grendel's mother and decapitates her. Years later, when Beowulf is an old man, he goes head to head with a dragon that is terrorizing his people. This battle…

things such as him losing a swimming match. But, since this single theme is valuable, the quality endures after death, and is his own answer to immortality. This example can be seen when Beowulf leaves gold in the cave after killing Grendel’s mother, and go back with Grendel’s head instead. But after Unferth’s challenge, Beowulf defends his reputation with persuasion that he got his confidence of Hrothgar and all of the Danes. After pointing out he “swam with Breca for 5 nights”, he had killed 9…

Beowulf is an epic story. It is a complete epic; the oldest surviving Germanic Epic as well as the longest and most important poem in Old English (Anglo). Scholars think the story originated around 500 AD (Notes). An epic story is a poem or story that is about a larger than life hero that goes on a long adventure and does heroic things. Example of an epic story besides Beowulf would be something like Star Wars, The Odyessy, or the movie Three-Hundred. An epic story consists of many different…

After Beowulf defeats Grendel, he speaks about undergoing the task of defeating Grendel’s mother as he, “Straightway plunged in the swirling pool. / Night unto a day he endured the depths” in order to take on the task only he could attempt, and this displays his heroism (989-990). Moreover, before he kills Grendel’s mother, he takes the weapon that is, “Choicest of weapons worthy and strong, / The work of giants, a warrior’s joy, / So heavy no hang…

These adversaries include a man-devouring demon, a vindictive mother, and a ferocious dragon. An array of horrid beasts cross Beowulf’s past on his road to glory, overcoming them will prove a great…

Grendel is the first monster Beowulf fights. He is a monster full of rage, ‘‘spurned and joyless.’’(Beowulf, page 24) Just like his mother and the dragon Beowulf fights, Grendel is a destructive and savage monster, who is hated and feared by all, he is a ‘’hell brute…enemy of mankind.’’ (Beowulf, page 42) The men that saw him, who ‘‘quartered together’’ knew Grendel’s capabilities and that he could, ‘‘Before morning he would rip…

Beowulf, an Old English Poem, is a story of a Swedish hero who kills monsters. Beowulf, the main character, was a young, fearless leader in the beginning. Beowulf was seen as a hero of the Geats who had tremendous strength and courage. His courage led him to fight off evil monsters. Hercules, son of Zeus and Alcmene, was a Greek God of Thebes. Hercules had tremendous strength and endurance. His stepmother, Hera, made Hercules childhood difficult. She was jealous of his tremendous strength and…

Those differences were utilized to make the movie better suited for the current time period. The plots from the poem, Grendel’s mother, the events after the killing of Grendel’s mother, and the dragon fight scenes, were changed by Zemeckis in the movie to make the storyline a little more interesting instead of following the poem’s storyline strictly. Also, the character of Beowulf in the poem was displayed…

Beowulf succeeds in this battle, defeating Grendel by ripping his arm off with his bare hands. This proves his strength and bravery. After the death of Grendel, his overprotective mother is furious. She then comes back with a vengeance and attacks Heorot Hall while the warriors were sleeping off the celebrations of Grendel’s death. The…