... hag, the Danes tell him: "Save us, once more, and again the twisted gold, heaped-up ancient treasure, will reward you for the battle you win." (line 567) This shows that treasure is indeed at least some part of his motive to fight the monsters. This quote also implies that he received ... treasure for defeating Grendel. Another time Beowulf receives treasure is when he kills the dragon that has been attacking his country. The price paid for this treasure is very great, though. After defeating the dragon, with the aid of ... seeing it, he proclaims: " this gold, these jewels, I thank Ou...

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... up his life by fighting the dragon that hoards the precious Jewels. The dragon serves a purpose of being the opposite of a generous king, keeping the treasure in his possession. This representation of the dragon hoarding this treasure gives more of a moral significance in a sense rather than just a selfish meaning. James W. Earl exemplifies the way in which this is true by stating, " ... worldly achievement in general, cannot secure a culture against its inevitable decay," (Earl p 1). As he opens up this topic, he elaborates of a meaning of what the power of hoarding the treasure ho...

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... of a young kinsman, Wiglaf, but not before biting Beowulf in the neck and eventually destroying him. Although dying, Beowulf was glad that he had won the treasure for his people. The second poem is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is a romance written about six hundred years ago. The author is known as ... a favor for Hrothgar. When Beowulf was younger his father needed the help of Hrothgar. Hrothgar gladly and respectfully helped Beowulf's father in sending a ship full of treasure to the Wulfings, whom Beowulf's father killed one of their men. Since Hrothgar did this favor for Beow...

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... of a young kinsman, Wiglaf, but not before biting Beowulf in the neck and eventually destroying him. Although dying, Beowulf was glad that he had won the treasure for his people. The second poem is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is a romance written about six hundred years ago. The author is known as ... a favor for Hrothgar. When Beowulf was younger his father needed the help of Hrothgar. Hrothgar gladly and respectfully helped Beowulf's father in sending a ship full of treasure to the Wulfings, whom Beowulf's father killed one of their men. Since Hrothgar did this favor for Beow...

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... with ease, but it takes four men to lift and carry it back to Heorot mead-hall. This strength is a key trait of Beowulf's heroism. He thanks Hrothgar for the treasure he has received, and he offers the help of the Geats if the Danes should ever need it. The return to the homeland is full of much rejoicing and giving ... , leaving Beowulf to reign the Geats. In the fiftieth year of his reign, another monster has the Geats under attack. A slave stole a cup from a fire-breathing dragon's treasure trove. This dragon was guarding the treasure, which was left by an ancient civilization. He sle...

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... an evil fiery dragon. For fifty years he governed his kingdom well. Ironically the dragon has been guarding the hoard of treasure for fifty years as well. The dragon functions then as the opposite of a good king because it guards the treasure but can do nothing with it. It represents malice, destruction, and greed; the dark side of kingship. While Beowulf is ... , a steep stone-barrow." Under it lays a path concealed from the sight of men. Over centuries no one had disturbed the dragons" kingdom until one day when a thief broke into the treasure, laid hand on a cup fretted with gold. Thi...

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... years later, a simple pride in one's belongings is the origin behind the fire-drake's reign of pain and suffering to the humans and his own death. A robber steals the dragon's treasure cup and the creature decides, "to requite with fire the theft of the cup" (l. 1407). The burning of the villages attracts Beowulf's attention and once again a creature is slain by ... still living in that moment, fifty years ago (l. 1476). The hero's pride also creates a need for validation of his deeds in the form of material things such as land and treasure. Beowulf does not engage the drake to save the...

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... included in the select few heroes' like Beowulf. Although Wiglaf had never been in battle before, he showed wisdom and bravery. 16. The Geats most likely decide to bury the treasure with Beowulf because the warriors are ashamed about how they "abandoned their loyal King when he needed them most." The narrator explains how "the battle-dodgers abandoned the wood,the ... who had let down their lord earilir,the tail-turners,ten of them together. "By destroying the treasures it shows how the Geats do not feel worthy of a great reward. Treasure was given upon someone doing a good deed. Not on...

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... the end of Edgetho's / quarrel- (26). Towards the end of the story Beowulf shows the loyalty to his people when with his dying breath he still makes sure that the treasure is plundered from the lair of the dragon that caused him to die. " Then Wiglaf went back, anxious / to return while Beowulf was alive, to bring him ... / treasure they"d won together" (45). Beowulf upholds his loyalties to his people and the people that have helped even until his dying breath. "Beowulf" was a prime example of the lifestyle of ... ...

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... older, his motivation started to change, He fought dragons and monsters not for his original motives, but for the gold and treasure h would receive in turn. As he died, he said that he sold his life for this [the gold/treasure] and sold it well. One might consider that Beowulf had "sold out", since he acted and fought out of greed. Beowulf ... ...

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... receives gold after each victory. The first two battles he receives gold from Hrothgar and sends it to Higlac. In the third battle the reward is the treasure hoard that belonged to the dragon. This treasure is buried with Beowulf. Some similarities are that in each battle Beowulf was unselfish and generous enough to help people out. But he was also looking ... ...

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... bestow this armor on my own son, had it been fortune to have fathered an heir and live on in his flesh." (2729-2732) When Wiglaf returned from gathered some treasure the dragon kept he lay it before Beowulf. Beowulf spoke: "To the everlasting Lord of all, to the King of Glory, I give thanks that I behold this ... treasure here in front of me, that I have been allowed to leave my people so well endowed on the day I die. Now that I have bartered my last breath to own this ... ...

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... eleven of his other soldiers had gone to fight an evil dragon. At the end, Beowulf kills the dragon, but ends up dying because of his wounds. He takes the treasure that he was promised my Hrothgar, but unfortunately is unable to put it in use. The role of fate still occurs during this battle because Beowulf's destiny was in fact ... magically appearing sword on the wall. Finally, the final battle with the dragon, in which it is his fate to beat it, even though he dies. His reward is the treasure and gaining it was again without a doubt, his true destiny. ...

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... work because her love for her child is so great. After the women were killed, Beowulf and his men took their treasure and valuable goods that. Finally, the dragon is a group of greedy heathen-dwellers hoarding treasures in their cave. The treasure in this epic poem is referred to as "the heathen trove"(line 2216) or "heathen gold"(line 2276). To be ... ...

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... wheels, it finds a way to seep through the author's pen and back onto the pages of this epic. This cycle is renewed when an unknown thief steals a goblet from a Dragon's treasure. The Dragon had been protecting his mass wealth and fortunes for centuries, and it just so happens the thief had conceived the Dragons favorite goblet. This strikes a fiery anger in ... ...

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... new king and asked that he be buried with the dragon's gold. They burn Beowulf on the dragon's gold so that he can be burned and buried with all his treasure. Hercules is from Greek mythology, and is the son of Zeus, who is a god. Hercules receives his strength from Zeus. Hercules has to face many more challenges than Beowulf does ... ...

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... dragon lacks human qualities. By this time Beowulf has become king and has ruled his kingdom for fifty years. The dragon is awakened when a man stumbles upon a cave full of treasure that the dragon is guarding. " There was a hidden passage unknown to men, but someone managed to enter by it and interfere"(80, line 2213-2215). The man steals a large decorated ... ...

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... is missing and he goes in a frenzy. He starts to burn down the village to find the cup. The dragon is driven, through his possessiveness, to find one piece of treasure while leaving the bulk of it unguarded at the cave. He gets his impulse to kill people through emotions that, at times, can cloud the mind. Because the dragon has ... ...

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... , symbolizing the death of Christ and his stay in hell. Beowulf, having lain down his life for the defense of his people and having thanked God for winning the dragon's treasure for their use, suggests the figure of Christ. Donahue suggests that both Christ and Beowulf are martyrs for their people. They each gave up their lives to save the people ... ...

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... thee, noble warrior." Prior to Beowulf's death he commands Wiglaf to "go quickly to behold the hoard under the grey stone now that I may see the old riches, the golden treasure so that after winning the great store of jewels, I may the more easily leave life and land," which demonstrates his ideology of need for riches and earthly goods. Moments before ... ...

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... is a much deeper evil. She seeks revenge only for the reason of her son's dismemberment and death. The dragon becomes angry because someone has invaded his territory. He guards his treasure in a "stone-rooted barrow- (Heaney 151). As the story begins, one is introduced to Grendel, the first and most elementary evil. He attacks Heorot, the mead-hall of Hrothgar, king ... ...

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... , in the poem Beowulf partakes in many non-Christian deeds. He drinks alot and has a tendency to kill people and creatures. Beowulf also cares more about being remembered and getting treasure more that doing a deed for the charity of it. The fact that he wished to be cremated also suggests that he is a pagan. While many pagan influences appear in the ... ...

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... dwelling and goodly estate. I was always before him alone in wan. While the sword holds out that has served me well. With hand and hard blade, I must fight for the treasure." Although Beowulf is fragile and old when the Dragon comes about Beowulf realizes that he has repay his people by killing the Dragon. Beowulf feels that he was given so ... ...

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... terrorizes the mead-ha! ll because this is where the Shields have built their society. "He took over Heorot,/ haunted the glittering hall after dark,/ but the throne itself, the treasure-seat,/ he was kept from approaching; he was the Lord's outcast" (36). God or the king of the Danes still has not accepted him but that does not mean he ... ...

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... on material things instead of his hero fighting values, the weaker he got. This is very evident in the end of the story when the narrator talks about the buried treasure as "useless as it was before" meaning that material things have no use and won't serve you nothing. Even though we have proof of Beowulf falling apart, he never lost ... ...

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