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How Does Beowulf Escape Fate

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can’t escape fate Beowulf

Everybody is going to meet their destiny or fate at some point, the question is when. The viking

believed that if they die fighting in battle they would get to go to valhalla. valhalla was one of the only things that could get the vikings through battles. in Beowulf time people were fading away

from paganism and going for christianity more. But Beowulf still sort of believed dying in battle was his fate.

Beowulf was a self-centered person, He would usually vent on how he is the most powerful man alive. But He actually kind of was the most powerful human in his land. Beowulf defeats Grendel,

and then he defeated Grendel’s mother. But Beowulf did not want his destiny to end up with no

ayer to his throne.

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