... Holy Father has sent [Beowulf] as a sign of His grace, a mark of His favor, to help us defeat Grendel and end that terror. (Line 381)" The idea throughout the poem of living right, of loyalty, and of being a good leader can all be seen as traits of Christ. Just as Beowulf exemplifies Christ, Grendel mirrors Satan. Beowulf and Grendel represent the Christian ... Bible as "the image of a man fallen from grace through sin." Like Satan who is jealous of the happiness and joy that Adam and Eve have in the Garden of Eden, Grendel is jealous of the happiness and joy in Heorot. Grendel envies t...

• Word Count: 817
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... head cut off just like he did to him. This called the "Beheading Game". Both of these poems characters illustrate right living, the consequences of failing to live rightly, and the rewards of it. In the poem "Beowulf", Beowulf illustrates various ways of how to live rightly. The first is when he went out by himself to conquer ... first two days knowing that at the end of the day he would have to give the Lord whatever he had won that day. This illustrates the right living of Gawain and how he did not want to make the Lord unhappy, and how he respected him. He also had a reputation to live...

• Word Count: 1101
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... head cut off just like he did to him. This called the "Beheading Game". Both of these poems characters illustrate right living, the consequences of failing to live rightly, and the rewards of it. In the poem "Beowulf", Beowulf illustrates various ways of how to live rightly. The first is when he went out by himself to conquer ... first two days knowing that at the end of the day he would have to give the Lord whatever he had won that day. This illustrates the right living of Gawain and how he did not want to make the Lord unhappy, and how he respected him. He also had a reputation to live...

• Word Count: 1101
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... with fabled monsters into a conflict between the powers of good and evil. These battles are examples of epic folklore during pagan times. Also, 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 ... , comes to save them. When Beowulf battles Grendel, he exhibits a sense of fairness when he refuses to use a weapon. The idea throughout the poem of living right, of loyalty, and of being a good leader can all be seen as traits of Christ. Just as Beowulf exemplifies Christ...

• Word Count: 1145
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... poem of living right, of loyalty, and of being a good leader can all be seen as traits of Christ. Just as Beowulf exemplifies Christ, Grendel mirrors Satan. Beowulf and Grendel represent the Christian beliefs of good verses evil. Grendel is referred to as a descendant of Cain. "He is the image of a man fallen from grace through sin ... "(Cook 299). Like Sat! an who is jealous of the happiness and joy that Adam and Eve have in the Garden of Eden, Grendel is jealous of the happiness and joy in Heorot. Grendel, as with Satan, is an adversary of God ... that which is good"(Hall 82). Beside C...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... are human and all humans possess failings. Heroes make mistakes; those mistakes break the pedestals that set them up so high, and the hero collapses into shadows and ruin, living on only in stories and song, as the world passes on. Thus it happens that heroes of the past no longer remain the heroes of the future; Beowulf and Sir Gawain have ... may glimpse the cultures these heroes stemmed from. Beowulf Beowulf is an ancient Anglo-Saxon poem translated by Burton Raffel. The hero of the story, Beowulf, exhibits several traits, but three in particular stand out: his incredible personal st...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Grendel: Predestined to Evil? The poem Beowulf suggests that Beowulf is the hero and Grendel is a villain, or the "bad guy."" Some try to sympathize with Grendel as a victim of circumstance, a lonely ... pure evil. He lives by a force that governs his will and gives rise to constant wickedness and sin. His evil is the source of sorrow and distress within himself and within Hrothgar's kingdom. In my view, the poet is correct in presenting Grendel. Grendel is an unfortunate and suffering creature by his own free will. Angry and irritable ... the monster relished his savage war on the Danes, ke...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School