... a time where loyalty is one of the most important traits that a hero, or any warrior for that matter. When Beowulf is informed that the Danes are constantly being attacked by a monster known as Grendel, he takes it upon himself to travel across the sea to the land of Shieldings. It is not only for material wealth that Beowulf agrees to slay ... demonstrates that he has exemplary strength and courage when he states that he will use no weapons when going against Grendel. He explains that he has "heard moreover that the monster scorns in his reckless way to use weapons" (lines 433-434). Be...

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• Grade Level: High School

... loyalty is one of the most important traits that a hero, or any warrior for that matter should have. When Beowulf is informed that the Danes are constantly being attacked by a monster known as Grendel, he takes it upon himself to travel across the sea to the land of Shieldings. It is not only for material wealth that Beowulf agrees to slay ... demonstrates that he has exemplary strength and courage when he states that he will use no weapons when going against Grendel. He explains that he has "heard moreover that the monster scorns in his reckless way to use weapons" (lines 433-434). Bec...

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• Grade Level: High School

... consoles Hrothgar on the death of his friend. He offers his "services" once again by offering to kill Grendel's mother. Hrothgar, Grendel, and a few warriors set out and follow the monster's tracks until they reach the lake where the monsters live. "...they encountered Aeschere's head on the waterside cliff." (38) There, floating on the water, they see the remains of their ... important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of the distinction. The epic tells the story of a hero, a Scandinavian prince named Beowulf, who rids the Danes of the monster Grendel, a descendent o...

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... sword to rid their halls of intruders or unwanted "hall-guests"". She is a strife-weaver who is content to use violence to settle her disputes. She is described as a monster woman (or perhaps warrior-woman, greedy, grim minded, and is associated with the descendants of Cain, the ultimate (and first) evil human. Grendel's mother, though she is in some way ... ...

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