Evil In Beowulf

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Burton Raffel wrote a book called “Beowulf”. This book is about a vicious monster that goes and kills several men, but then one night faces his worst nightmare the hero Beowulf. In this book the main characters are Grendel, and Beowulf. “Beowulf” is about a hero that comes to the danes and helps them defeat an evil monster named Grendel. Grendel gets upset with the warriors that live in Heorot because they continue to party each night and wake him up. One night Grendel comes out and finds 14 new men that belong to Beowulf. Beowulf jumps out and attacks Grendel. He cuts off his claw and that sends Grendel running back to hide. Grendel soon dies, but then his mother comes out to avenge her son and kill Beowulf. Beowulf goes to her lair and kills …show more content…

He fights evil and protects all humans. For example, Beowulf says “your country is cursed with some strange, vicious creature that hunts only at night and that no one has seen” (Beowulf 187-189). This quote shows Beowulf cares about others and wishes to protect them from all danger. He also states, “here in my heart, for some way to drive this devil out” (Beowulf 192-193). Beowulf is committed to killing the beast and restoring peace and joy into the danes life once again. Beowulf is known as a brave and fearless hero to several people around the world. Clearly, in this story Beowulf is the good in all cases. He has all the aspects of being the hero and will not back down from a fight just because it is too tough. He rather die trying than survive never knowing if he could accomplish his goals or …show more content…

Grendel is a mean, vicious monster that killed 30 danes late at night when he went out hunting. He got furious with the danes dancing, singing and drinking late at night while he was trying to sleep. For instance, the author says, “A powerful monster, living down in the darkness, growled in pain, impatient as day the music rang loud in that hall, ‘the harp’s rejoicing call and the poet’s clear songs” (Beowulf 1-5). Grendel has a fear unlike Beowulf. The moment he first meets eyes with Beowulf his first thought was to run and go hide back in his lair with his mother (Beowulf 540-541). Once that thought came to his mind it was too late for him to return home to his mother. Soon enough, Beowulf was fighting him and he tore his arm off of his body. After, Grendel got away and ran to go hide. Very soon after Grendel died from loss of blood and his mother was furious and went to avenge her only son. Beowulf won this battle, but he would need to be able to win against Grendel’s furious, evil

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