Evil Of Evil In Beowulf

In the epic Beowulf, the eponymous hero from Geat land comes to the rescue of Hrothgar, the king of Danes whose land is being attacked by an evil monster called Grendel. Beowulf succeeds in defeating Grendel and to show his power he even kills Grendel with his bare hands. The song demons by Imagine Dragons mainly talks about defeating internal evil. The idea of the evil within all of us is demonstrated through the epic Beowulf and the song Demons by Imagine Dragons.

Beowulf faces physical evil. In the Denmark, an evil monster, who is a descendant of Cain, portrays a terrifying image of physical evil. Grendel torments king Hrothgar. He halts into the castle and eats as many of king Hrothgar’s men as he can each and every night, overpowering their efforts to fight back. The Dane’s grieve many years of terrors, vulnerability and

King Hrothgar accepts Beowulf’s proposition to kill Grendel. That night when Grendel attains to the castle to slaughter some of the men, Beowulf battles him unprotected, evidencing himself tougher than the evil monster. As the eponymous hero Beowulf tears off Grendel’s arm as he absconds but later on perishes when he returns to his underwater lair. Grendel’s mother is also a purely evil physical danger. Evil is omnipresent, pestering men, “invisibly following them from the edge of the marsh, always there, unseen” (11. 161-2) Evil is never really permanently defeated so when Grendel’s mother attacks Heorot the next night it personifies moral evil. She murders, one of Hrothgar’s most trusted advisers, before slinking away. To avenge his death, the warriors including Beowulf travel to the swamp, where Grendel’s evil mother lives. Beowulf then swims down through the lake for hours, finally coming upon the evil monster. They fight for some time, Grendel’s mother batters Beowulf around, but is