Examples Of Figurative Language In Beowulf

Are You a Hero? It is an extraordinary experience learning about how a hero is a hero, what makes up a hero? What symbolizes a hero? What are the reasons for a hero to solve battles and conflicts? The answer to these questions, is using literary devices. In Beowulf not only do people talk about his bravery in battles, but also his heroic qualities. A critic states, “Beowulf is predominantly a positive role model; not only does the poem use an unequivocal phrase when describing him, but he never fails to exhibit the kinds of qualities one would want in a ruler…” (Gulley). The critic is referring to Beowulf’s heroic qualities, and how being a warrior doesn’t change his characteristic of being a positive role model. To begin with, in epic

Hence, the battle with Grendel’s mother, the speaker specifically describes the battle, he states, “They wrestled, she ripped / And tore and clawed at him, bit holes in his helmet / And that too failed him…” (lines 498-500). The tearing, clawing, and the holes made in Beowulf’s helmet can help picture every move that the monstrous mother is making. Imagery can even make sounds come into an imagination in a thought, as the speaker states, “A call so loud and clear that it reached through / The hoary rock, hung in the dragon’s / Ear…” (lines 664-666). This quote describes how loud the call is that it reached to the dragon’s ear, the picture that comes to mind is seeing the sound waves of the call heading towards the dragon’s lair. Imagery in this story helps to actually picture what is going on and in reality it can help with memorizing what

Beowulf is brave because of the battles he takes on, like the time when the king told Beowulf about the two monsters and their underwater lair, Beowulf goes to find the monsters himself so he can kill them after. The speaker states, “I’ve heard that my people, peasants working / In the fields, have seen a pair of fiends / Wandering in the moors and marshes, giant / Monsters living in those desert lands” (lines 411-414). This is a quote from Beowulf explaining how his people tell him about the monsters, and how they are afraid that they will harm them. Beowulf takes it in his own hands and goes where the monsters are living, and handles it on his own. There are different opinions on the characteristics of Beowulf, for example, a critic