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    strength. He declares that Grendel will learn to be afraid of the Deats. When the festivity ends, the Danes leave the hall to Beowulf and his men. As they wait for Grendel to arrive, Beowulf’s men begin to fall asleep. When the monster arrives he marvels at his prey.

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    figure he has multiple techniques. These skills exemplified his status as a new. The first fight with Grendel it talks about a beast that kills people for singing .This beast kills at night, the beast kills his victims by splendid and consumption. When Beowulf’s caught them things directly arranged out Herot. When Beowulf’s reached he agreed camp and set up camp and, delayed waited for Grendel to come. Beowulf gripped Grendel’s arm and put it around his back and influence. The fight Beowulf tore

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    Beowulf's Rule of Three

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    This equation, compounded with the great monster 's desire to avenge her son 's death, made for an interestingly even fight. Adding to the advantages of Grendel 's mother was the fact that she too was invulnerable to any sword of human creation. The immunity of Grendel 's mother again depicts the failure of Beowulf 's weapons. The sword that was used to defeat the monster, however, was forged by the giants. Following his return, Beowulf is again rewarded handsomely

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    Beowulf Comparison Essay

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    justice for those who cannot seek justice themselves. This is one of the many commonalities in which they both share as heroes. Similarly to Superman, Beowulf has extraordinary unspeakable strength. He fought Grendel with just his bare hands, and ripped his arm right off, and left Grendel to die an excruciating death. Lastly, Beowulf is loyal to the king, who is his uncle. In the epic poem, Beowulf expresses the many qualities that are characterized in both a modern day hero and an Anglo-Saxon hero

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    King Beowulf fought for his people, no matter the circumstances, He knew that his old and worn down body would not defend his land as well as it did against Grendel, but he chose to secure his people’s safety before his own. Beowulf did not bargain with King Hrothgar when he protected his land in the beginning of the epic poem, but instead did it out of the love and respect for his king. Similarly, Achilles showed

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    win different “trophies” each time. One of the big monsters is Grendel, the man eating monster. Next there is Grendel’s mother, a great Sea monster. Finally the biggest fight, the Great Dragon. In each battle Beowulf kills each monster in different ways, but the way he kills them shows how great of a warrior/hero Beowulf actually is. In the fight with Grendel Beowulf says that he will kill Grendel using only his hands, because Grendel only fights with his hands. Beowulf wants to do that to show a

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    To begin, Beowulf the poem has a unknown author, Beowulf is an epic poem. In Beowulf he is challenged by the murderous monster Grendel, Grendel is eating and slaughtering Hrothgar the King of the Danes men and people, the king needs Beowulf 's help in defeating Grendel, Beowulf ends up killing the monster and is now tormented by the monster 's mother that is much larger, she is no match for Beowulf and he kills her as well, lastly it is Beowulf’s last battle after he has been king of Geatland for

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    In the novel Grendel by John Gardner, the main character Grendel seems to be a vicious evil monster that makes his goal to kill every man that steps foot in the mead hall, built by King Hrothgar, for his men. Grendel night after night enters and almost has a “midnight snack” by going in the mead hall and devouring about thirty men of Hrothgar's a night. Grendel has made an evil appearance to the audience by now but as learned later in the book, it is discovered that Grendel’s job is to keep balance

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    about Beowulf and his battle against three monsters; Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. This epic was adapted to an animated movie in 2007. The adaptation had differences, of course from the original text. In the epic, Grendel slays the Danes while they were sleeping after a feast in the mead-hall, Herot. However, in the movie, Grendel starts to kill the Danes in the middle of a feast, thus having a lot of surviving witnesses. Grendel dies and Grendel’s mother avenges him, but since she

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    Epic Of Beowulf Essay

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    In the fight against Grendel where he used no weapons to defeat him, Beowulf’s resolution was to use only his bare hands to beat his opponents. Bringing along a sword which did no justice against the attack on Grendel’s mother, Beowulf still had a motivated to kill. “Remembering

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