... cry. during the first few seconds of the battle, the dragon's flames melted Beowulf's shield. Here Beowulf realizes that his fate is here. That does not keep him though, from striking the dragon dead with his sword. Beowulf manages to hit the dragon but not fatally. This blow to the dragon upset him dearly and responds by covering Beowulf in a great ball of fire. Seeing the fire of the dragon the warriors run ... away, thinking only of saving there own lives. To them, saving themselves has become more important ... far off places. Beowulf said that his father was favored far and wide b...

• Word Count: 3190
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... to build a hall, a large and noble feasting-hall of whose splendors men would always speak, and there to distribute as gifts to old and young all the things that God had given him - but not men's lives or public land. Then I heard that tribes without number, even to the ends of the earth, were given orders to decorate the hall. And in due course (before very long ... ) the greatest of halls was created. Hrothgar, whose very word was counted far and wide ... , but that treasure was actually the last remnant of a dead civilization. The poet describes the last survivor of a lost human race w...

• Word Count: 3062
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to build a hall, a large and noble feasting-hall of whose splendors men would always speak, and there to distribute as gifts to old and young all the things that God had given him - but not men's lives or public land. Then I heard that tribes without number, even to the ends of the earth, were given orders to decorate the hall. And in due course (before very long ... ) the greatest of halls was created. Hrothgar, whose very word was counted far and wide ... , but that treasure was actually the last remnant of a dead civilization. The poet describes the last survivor of a lost human race w...

• Word Count: 3189
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School