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Monsters In Anglo-Saxon Culture

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In Anglo-Saxon culture every monster was once a human. Monsters in Anglo-Saxon culture normally represent a characteristic of a bad Anglo-Saxon. The monsters in Beowulf are: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. Beowulf, a great hero, goes on a quest to fight a monster and ends up killing two. Beowulf returns home and becomes king. Once Beowulf is old he kills his last monster to protect his tribe.The monsters in Anglo-Saxon culture represent betrayal, deceitful, and greed. The first monster, Grendel, represents betrayal. Grendel kills because “...No savage assault quench his lust / For evil.”(ln. 52-53). Grendel was once a man who killed his tribe member. Grendel then became a monster who would who would kill tribe members every day and

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