... -2859) , Beowulf clearly represents this value in two of his quarrels, one with a very strong and vicious demon named Grendel. Fate is represented in the battle with Grendel because beowulf knows how strong Grendel is and has heard and almost witnessed the damage he has done but yet will still go into battle accepting the fate ... him, but will take him on and try to end his twelve years of terror this creature has created. Hrothgar who is the king of the land Grendel dwells upon allows Beowulf who is up for the challenge take on the mighty creature , Beowulf says:" death takes me; Fate ...

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... every hero in the Anglo-Saxon culture must possess is loyalty. Beowulf's loyalty to the Danes is shown through Beowulf's answer to Hrothgar's pleas of help. Beowulf "Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror and quickly commanded a boat fitted out, proclaiming that he'd go to that famous king would sail across the sea to Hrothgar" (Beowulf 112-115) It ... was Beowulf's loyalty to the Danes that conveyed him to Hrothgar to overcome Grendel. Grendel, an animal of revolting aura had been plundering and slaughtering Hrothgar's kin, and therefore the very solidarity of the Danes was debili...

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... it, and this is represented by Hrothgar, Beowulf, and the Satanic trinity of the three monsters. Hrothgar is the king figure who calls on a hero, Beowulf, to defeat the evil, Grendel and the dragon, that threatens to destroy the paradise created, much like a biblical story. Hrothgar is an ideal wise and peaceful ruler like God; he does not directly participate in ... ...

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