Why Is Beowulf Good Against Evil

Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye was very interesting but not altogether satisfactory and one of the very interesting parts was the memory that stirred in Grendel’s heart but one of the unsatisfactory parts was the ending and the conclusion I can draw about the features of the work is that Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye is a thrilling tale about Beowulf who is trying to rid the land of the Danes and the land of the Geats of evil. There were also many relationships between light and darkness (good and evil) in people but the main one was in Beowulf. For example, in chapter 6 on page 40, Beowulf has elements of lightness when he says, “light holds you, Grendel. Light has you in its power. You, who have shunned the sun, meet me, once stung by bees that drank the sun. There is honey in my veins, Grendel, a liquid sunlight that can kill you quite.” This contrasts with his elements of bad in chapter 11 on page 76 when he says “By my own bad, please don’t think of me as some saint. That would make me as monstrous as Grendel, though in the other direction. Majesty of all the Danes, sweet Wealtheow, you see before you a hero who has come through many kinds of high adventures only to foul of his own weakness.”

The theme of Beowulf had the good vs.evil theme to the story when the monster is Grendel is the monster and his mother also a threat to herot and Beowulf is the hero to solve the problems of Grendel is making. Beowulf is the hero in the story and Grendel is the villain. Beowulf is the faced with many trials throughout the story with unferth and the Grendel.

Beowulf has a good plot line so the compilation follows the actions of the characters. Beowulf has good and evil characters. There are Beowulf, Hrothgar, Wealhtheow, Scyld Scefing, the coast guard, and many more benevolent people. They all lived in the land of the Danes, except for Beowulf. Beowulf lived in the land of the Geats. The evil people are Grendel, She the monster, and Unferth. Most of the evil monsters live in the fen. “The fen was full of evil that feared the light. There were vampires and witches and ogres and worms that burned. Horses with no heads and with hands instead of hooves loomed out of the fog. … A few were bottomless, and went straight down to hell” (page 7). So the fen was full of beastly creatures. There are many battles between benevolent people and the despicable people. Most of the time good wins. Also in Beowulf: A New Telling the story takes place in two lands; one is the land of the Danes and the other is the land of the Geats. In the land of the Danes, Hrothgar, the king, built a hall which he saw in his dreams. The hall is

It presents an awful creature named Grendel, which is obviously the representation of evil. Beowulf and Grendel have a duel, and at the end Beowulf win, because good always triumphs. In a film, I would portray Grendel as a giant vampire, that has claws and horns. In that way Grendel would be able to slaughter all the men he wants. This is a great story to represent the epic in it, and the global controversy that has always been here, good vs. bad. At the end of the day, there will always be a good side and a bad side in every situation, story, movie, or even lifestyle. You are able to choose whatever you want, but make sure you make a good

Reading through Beowulf I began to compare it to the last great epic I read, Homer’s Odyssey. While the Odyssey and Beowulf are each examples of both historic and modern ideas of heroism, the acts of Beowulf’s hero seem to fit better within its context.

1.In lines 1932-1962 it tells me about the queen Modthryth, she was wicked and killed everyone who looked up to her in the wrong way. The poet decides to highlight those terms to show that humans are naturally evil. He also highlights them because the story show oral traditions. That is the number one contribution that lead Beowulf to be written on a manuscript.

Beowulf: A story of greatness and leadership, fighting for what’s right. The mighty Beowulf ventures out to Denmark to battle and defeat the terrible Grendel and stop him from killing innocent people. Fight after fight, Beowulf shows how brave he is and the many excellent qualities he possesses, however he does have some flaws. Some of them aren’t a huge deal but there are a few that could be fatal to the existence of our strong and handsome hero.

What this exhibits about Beowulf is that his actions and his past with helping others in need is the nature of good. Beowulf appears to be the people’s only hope to be free from this horror caused by

Many stories have good vs evil themes, but Beowulf is the one that is most commonly known.

How is Beowulf good and evil? Beowulf is good because in his first fight he did not fight only for himself, he also fought to keep his people safe. Beowulf is evil is because he was jealous and selfish by the end of the story. Beowulf’s mindset through the first battle and the last battle changed throughout the story.

It is only light that can extinguish darkness. In Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel, Beowulf is the main character the helps extinguish the darkness darkness of Herot. Another main character is grendel, he is the monster that has ruled Herot for a while. Once Beowulf heard about Grendel he decided it is his mission to save the people of Herot from Grendel. With this in mind, the theme of Beowulf is good versus evil and its effects upon society.

Because of that Grendel's mother wants revenge. Lastly, Grendel's mother was also killed by the lord Beowulf for attacking him at the danes with him and his warriors that were sleeping. The third themes talks about good vs evil. Good vs evil relates to the challenging of Beowulf's mens vs the dragon who is apparently Beowulf son. The dragon grapples and wrestles strikes the people in the danes. Beowulf is the god, who protects the people in the castle and the evil is the dragon who kills his men. Beowulf is absolutely the hero killing the dragon as he attacks their village. There is a second hero who is the only brave helper to attack the dragon “wulfgar” To explain, “wulfgar rushes to Beowulf and stabs the dragon in the belly and the dragon scorches wulfgar hand” (page !9 lines 980) The dragon attacked beowulf in the neck where he started to bleed. That was the prove that beowulf need help fighting the dragon while beowulf is also

In the poem Beowulf it talks of the hero, Beowulf, helping to save the Danes from evil. Throughout this poem Beowulf continues to show bravery and proves his hero characteristics to be true. What makes this poem so powerful though it is the little features that help it to form, the story drastically. The theme helps to guide the reader throughout the whole poem while the speeches show the nature of the characters within the poem, and lastly the Beowulf shows the hero characteristics that people would expect to see from heroes. When reading the poem the theme helps to guide the story of Beowulf’s adventure to the Danes to help to fight the monster Grendel.

Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye is a great book that everyone could learn something from, for instance, he shows how characters grow wiser throughout the story and he shows how displaying good qualities can help you overcome challenges in life. Beowulf in this story overcomes many different vile creatures of the fen and the only way he can defeat them is because he knows that he is not perfect, but he does try his best and in realizing/admitting his shortcomings or flaws they become his strengths. The main reasons I feel like this was an excellent book because the author, Robert Nye had certain techniques that he used to make the book seem more real the way he displayed and emphasized the theme throughout the book.

Beowulf is a great example of the theme of good versus evil because Beowulf was a hero and a great leader who came across many battles against evil. Beowulf’s journey starts out when he is brought to King Hrothgar’s hall. An evil monster by the name of Grendel had been terrorizing his hall and Beowulf went to offer his aid. Not only did Beowulf come, but he brought some of his most loyal companions to accompany him on the journey. Upon arriving he and his soldiers were taken to see King Hrothgar who gladly accepted his help. Beowulf had great faith in God. To battle Grendel, he decided that he was not going to use any weapons or armor and he believed that God would grant victory to whoever deserved it. “And may the Divine Lord / in His wisdom grant the glory of victory / to whichever side He