Beowulf Argumentative Essay

“Then when darkness had dropped, Grendel went up to Herot, wondering what the warriors would do in that hall when their drinking was done. He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing , their dreams undisturbed. The monsters thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws: He slipped through the door and there in silence snatched up thirty men, smashed them, unknowing in their beds and ran out with their bodies, blood dripping behind him, back to his lair, delighted with his nights slaughter (Narrator pg. 42 lines 30-40)”. Beowulf is a folk epic translated by Burton Raffel. Its a story about a hero with the strengths of a bear and a wolf called to a desperate town to defeat vicious monsters who have been tormenting them for the past

Whether you are arguing with your siblings, with a stranger at a baseball game, during a debate, with your parents or children, you are fighting for what you believe is right. You perceive yourself as the “victim” in the situation by trying to justify your reasoning behind the argument. Some people may perceive you as the good or as the evil because they believe that you have done nothing wrong, you were being perverse or fighting for the wrong reason. The epic poem Beowulf, is a super-eminent literary example that represents the good and evil in the characters and what they are fighting for. In this fictional poem, in which the author is unknown, the protagonist Beowulf encounters three major battles with a monster named Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, and a dragon. Each character is fighting for a certain reason and believe their reason is more dominant. The two audiences that view the characters as good or evil is the Danes and the narrator. Since the characters in the poem believe they're justified in their actions, they prove to not be all evil or all good. In fact, they should be judged based on the rationale behind their actions to fight.

When he fought Grendel’s mother he struggled a little bit because when he attacked her with a sword that was supposed to be unstoppable, he did not do any damage. After he saw that his attack was worthless he did not give up or ran away, in fact he looked for ways to defeat her and he finally found a sword made by giants and swung it through her neck. Beowulf clearly demonstrates that he was committed to finish Grendel’s mother because he did not give up and he finally found a solution that led him to glory.

In the text, we see that Beowulf is not yet a king, but, a king to come. He is not quick to react without thinking. Beowulf ordered his boat, picked out his men. A Saviour hero, thanking God after sailing. In the film, the heathen of gods was good, but Christ Jesus was bad.

Showing heroism and unmatched fearlessness , Beowulf manages to avoid death and end Grendel's mother's life once and for all and her minion lake beasts, and in the process and defeating the fiend, he beheads the matriarch to boast as a trophy to the people of Hrothgar. This may be a sign of greed for fame because this act was completely pointless and selfish. He wanted to do this just to make himself feel like more of a King, he wanted the attention of every body focused on him and he wanted the glory of being the master monster slayer. In the final battle against the massive dragon, the readers see the same Beowulf just decades later. Beowulf only takes a handful of men with him to the sight of the battle, and before the battle he boasts for the final time. In an act of brave stupidity, Beowulf tells his soldiers that he would enter the dragon's hideout alone, knowing the danger that awaits

portrays himself as confidant and a man with no fear but still makes it clear he is fighting

An evaluation of Beowulf’s Motives For Duty and Self Worth As the great Walt Disney once said “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Many people will question what motivates us to do the things that we love. I myself was very curious as to see what my families’ responses would be as to what motivates them to get their day started in the morning. My sisters’ response was that she had to go to school or else she wouldn’t get her day started and my Mom said that it was her duty to get up in the morning to help get us up and moving for school.

You have known about the brilliance of Beowulf the Great, slayer of the foul beast Grendel and of Grendel's reviled mother, who dragged the ring-supplier to her den, much to her own lament; Beowulf, who slew the monster of the fortune store, the mythical beast who killed our kin for the loss of yet one gold glass. In spite of the fact that Beowulf's own cutting edge, Naegling, fizzled him in desperate hour, with the assistance of his brother Wiglaf, he put a conclusion to the reviled worm, however he lost his life in the fight.

Beowulf is an epic story written in the English language. Originally only spoken not written. The story is about Beowulf accepting a quest to defend Herot from Monsters for the treasure and fame. Beowulf is our main character in this epic story who has the strength of 30 thanes and is the bravest around. As Beowulf sets out for this journey his partner Wiglaf and his men are there to help him throughout the journey.

An epic poem should include an epic hero, the presence of a supernatural force, a vast setting and also it should often feature a tragic death. As in the tragic death of Beowulf himself.

Beowulf is a epic poem that tell of a warrior that was stronger enough to take on three epic monsters. It tell how beowulf toke on the monsters with different method, weapon,, and the different reward that beowulf won after each epic battle.

Look in the mirror, and look closely. There are many flaws that you see, but weren’t there until society said they were. Society, like either of the monsters of Beowulf, makes people afraid to come out, show themselves, and have fun. Everyone has a little bit of Grendel and the Dragon in them, but we also have a little Beowulf. Everyone should take that small bit of courage and fight against the oppression that society has set upon us.

He wished that he had never come to this village. Tonight something drove him to leave his home and seek out the flesh of the villagers. I know that I am wrong, he thought. I wish that I could resist these urges. He walked closer. He considered turning back but he had to prove himself to his father, he had to prove that he was worthy enough of the throne back at his home in Golden Ville. Beowulf was not certain that this would prove his loyalty to his father or his family but he was sure going to try.

Times have changed since the last dragon Beowulf killed. At the time, Beowulf’s acts were seen as brave and noble, but today we would see his dragon killing as cruel and unnecessary, some would even see it as murder. Beowulf’s actions against the dragon were uncivilized and simply barbaric, the situation could have been handled differently by Beowulf as well as Wiglaf.

Beowulf is an epic poem by an unknown author. The epic poem is about a man with superhuman power named Beowulf that goes to a kingdom named Herot to solve their problem of being tortured by a monster named Grendel. This epic poem was told during the Anglo-Saxon period where values such as LOF, Comitatus, and WYRD, or fame, companionship and fate, respectively, were important to their culture.