Beowulf

Beowulf In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, there are battles between Beowulf himself and several different monsters. Any time I think of a battle, there are three words that comes to mind. These three words are Fate, Loyalty, and Glory; all of these are present in each of Beowulf's battles and these were also important to the Anglo-Saxon. These values are important to them because they wanted be known as the most courageous and powerful warriors. The episodes of fury are when Beowulf fights Grendel, Grendel's mother, and then a dragon fifty years after his battle with Grendel's mother. All of this fighting is started by Hrothgar, the king of the danes, when he builds a mead hall in appreciation of his warrior's loyalty. The first battle is between our hero Beowulf, a Geatish warrior and Grendel, a demon descended from Cain who preys on Hrothgar's warriors in the mead hall of Heorot. Fate is present because a great warrior is needed to defeat the monster and it just so happens that Beowulf is the best in all the lands. Loyalty is present when Beowulf chooses to fight the monster for king Hrothgar who had done Ecgtheow, Beowulf's father, a great favor. So beowulf, mother, because, glory, dragon, battle, great, comes, warrior, time, monster, loyalty, fight, fate, values, son, mead, king, important, grendel's, grendel, fighting, even, defeats, between, years, words, warriors, three, though, swamp-hag, story, problems, present, powerful, hrothgar, himself, hero, hall, geats, fifty, episodes, defeat, bite, being, battles, anglo-saxon, written, wreak, whether, warrior's