Heorot

From Beowulf who fights against Grendel to achieve fame and glory; to Sir Gawain fighting the Green Knight for his king and honor. Both men are considered a hero for the Anglo Saxons. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something better than oneself.” Joseph Campbell. Even today with firefighters putting their lives at risk to save someone from burning buildings, or police officers defending innocent people against others that put them at risk are considered heros. These…

shows just how important the traits of courage and greatness will be throughout the epic. Beowulf showed throughout the epic that he is courageous and heroic, but nothing more than a fierce warrior. When he heard about the demon Grendel terrorizing Heorot he immediately ordered a boat and assembled his men. The tales he heard talked of an unstoppable monster, but that didn’t deter him in the slightest it only inspired him. Since the men who followed Beowulf saw how determined he was they eagerly…

good in the world. Beowulf, on the other hand, has values of what most people would think heroic warriors should have which is strength, courage, and loyalty. His strength and courage is what drives him through his life, it is what brought him to Heorot to fight Grendel, which in the views of Everyman’s culture and Beowulf’s own is a good deed and looked upon as good value to have in life. His loyalty is a constant in the play whether it be his loyalty to his king, his men, or his God. His…

Hero “I need a hero! I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night. He’s gotta be strong. And he’s gotta be fast. And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight” (Tyler). Like Bonnie Tyler, the Geats need a hero to protect them. Beowulf comes to the Geats’ rescue by ripping Grendel’s arm off, decapitating Grendel’s mother, and stabbing the dragon. The almighty Beowulf exhibits superhuman strength, uses cunning tactics, and displays sharp skills with a sword. By playing to his strengths, Beowulf…

fails to penetrate the mother's hide, Beowulf discovers a giant magic sword in the cave and is able to kill the mother with it. The sword melts to its hilt after Beowulf uses it to decapitate the corpse of Grendel, which lies nearby. He returns to Heorot with a greater trophy, the head of the ogre, as well as the hilt of the magic sword. Beowulf didn’t need to use a weapon to defeat Grendel. This fight shows Beowulf’s weaknesses and…

Louis: Cannibalism, curses, and the descendant of Cain? There was once a monstrous creature who was troubled by the noise from the Hall of Heorot. At night, it seemed as though people from the mead hall were disappearing with only trail of blood to prove their attendance. Grendel Was the creature’s name and he was the reason behind the deaths of these Dane’s. It was like a wolf snatching up sheep for a midnight snack. How no one was powerful to defeat the beast until Beowulf came along. I…

In the epic poem of Beowulf, Beowulf competes in three different battles. One battle of which he competes in is against Grendel, another is against Grendel’s mother and the last takes place against a dragon. All of the battles are fought in different ways and have different outcomes. The reasons Beowulf decides to fight in the battles differ for each one. In the first battle that takes place, Beowulf battles Grendel. Before the battle Beowulf told the people of Hrothgar's kingdom that they…

Beowulf is an epic poem from the Old English Period or Anglo-Saxon Period who’s author is unknown. In a place called Scandinavia, there were two territories that were broken up between the Geats and the Danes. The king of the Danes, Hrothgar, tries to protect his people but unfortunately attracts a monster named Grendel, who only attacks at night. In this poem, Hrothgar helps Beowulf, the protagonist, and Beowulf agrees to do the same and defend the Danes against Grendel. Beowulf kills the…

Beowulf survives as one of the oldest poems in world literature. Originally written in Old English, the story of the long poem focuses on the epic and tragic hero, Beowulf. More specifically, the poem focuses on the three major battles the warrior fights. Each battle increases in difficulty while also testing different aspects and skills of Beowulf himself. While Beowulf’s three battles maintain the universal theme of the ongoing fight against good and evil, they also reveal attributes of…

In the poem Beowulf kills the troll-wife, who is Grendel’s mother. The troll-wife is referred to as “a monstrous hag.” (814) and had been reeking havoc on Heorot hall and so Beowulf wanted to put an end to it. When he went into the swamp to seek out the troll wife, he was not attracted to her in any way, and was not attracted to her just as he had been told. With that he only held one goal in his mind, to…