... a society who is free of sin. Many of the weapons that were used in some of the battles were also symbols of good and evil. There are many references and images of good and evil that are trough out this story that was intended for a pagan culture. In the beginning of the story, Beowulf hears ... is one of the princes of the Danes. The only way Grendel managed to come back in to civilization was because Unferth killed his brother; opening a door of evil. Before Grendel was cast out of society by God "[ ] he had dwelt for a time/ in misery among the banished monsters,/ Cain's clan, whom t...

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... son's --- Heorogar, Hrothgar, and the good Halga. Hrothgar, as the ruling Danish king, builds an army, and constructs the enormous and beautiful hall known as Herot. The hellish, demonic, and evil monster known as Grendel, is awakened by the annoying noise of building and soldiers living in Herot. He enters the hall when the soldiers are sleeping and attacks killing thirty ... prevailed. There are, however, only scant references to the Old Testament in the poem and no whatsoever to the New Testament, Jesus, or any of the specifically Christian topics or symbols that predominate the thou...

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