... prove his heroicalness when he fights a dragon even though he knows there is little chance that he will be victorious. As Grendel threatened the people of Hrothgar's kingdom, so does the dragon show his anger while Beowulf is king. Like Grendel, the dragon only strikes at night, burning down all the houses so that nothing is spared, not even Beowulf's hall or throne. ... where Grendel lived he said ,"These two live in a little known country with wolf-slopes , windswept headlands where a mountain stream plunges." The protagonist of Beowulf , Beowulf , is a figure of national and internatio...

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