Beowulf Diary Entry

Hrothgar, the king of the Danes is faced with the issue of a horrible monster, Grendel tearing apart his soldiers and causing bloodshed. This is where Beowulf comes along, he is prepared with his men to defeat this monster and when the time comes Beowulf is more than ready to face him. Beowulf

          "....He meant to kill this monster himself, our mighty king, fight this battle alone               and unaided, as in the days when his strength and daring dazzled men's eyes. But               those days are over and gone and our lord must lean on younger arms. And we               must go to him, while angry flames burn at his flesh, help our glorious king! By               almighty God I'd rather burn myself than see flames swirling around my lord.               And who are we to carry home our shields before we've slain his enemy and ours,               to run back to our homes with Beowulf so hard pressed here? I swear that                    nothing he ever did deserved an end like this, dying miserable and alone,                    butchered by this savage beast: we swore that these swords and armor were each               for us all!..."

As him and his men see the shining reflection of the Danes’ spears, Beowulf feels and interprets the uncertainty they feel, for he is this mysterious man showing up to this island filled with turmoil. As the Geats are reluctantly let in, Beowulf introduces himself and gives detailed backgrounds of his many battles, flaunting his accomplishments and emphasizing his triumphs. In the midst of his storytelling he says, “‘I had a fixed purpose when I put to sea. / As I sat in the boat with my band of men, / I meant to perform to the uttermost / what your people wanted or perish in the attempt / in the fiend’s clutches. And I shall fulfil that purpose, / prove myself with a proud deed / or meet my death here in the mead-hall’” (43).

Beowulf, the defender of Hrothgar and Heorot, exhibits far more complicated (and less sincere) shades of revenge than the Grendel’s mother. At the end of the day, Beowulf’s goal is to become the preeminent warrior in all the land. In his society, the only way to gain such widespread celebrity is through courageous and self-endangering acts. Beowulf masks these deeds with a façade of seeking revenge; he supposedly comes to Heorot to save the Danes from Grendel’s terror, but his true motives lie in becoming a hero. His reward is not the pride of doing a good deed; Beowulf is rewarded with lavish and expensive gifts.

A man quivers in fear as a large monstrous mass stands before him. He shouts for help, but there is no left to come to his aid. For years the Grendel attacked this mead-hall killing hundreds of men. A hero was needed in order to purge the village of this beast. Beowulf used his mental and physical strength for the betterment of the village because he came on his own accord without any prior knowledge; he puts his faith in god and not within his own strength; and he dies with honor and not in vain.

The story is exciting and inspiring because he came to the land to prove that he is Beowulf a man who had strong personality and power. His effort and sacrifices is worth it for the people who trust him. He fought Grendel, he led his warriors to fight the demons. Of course, he can’t make it only by his own but also by the help of his people. Even his warriors died he felt sad but he continue to fight with Grendel’s mother. “It is better

Beowulf is a very well known Anglo-Saxon poem. It shows characteristics of leadership, trust, loyalty, honor, and motivation, and has been an example for leadership skills for ages. (Loughman) Thus, this story has been appreciated for over 1,000 years. Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior-prince left the Geats and traveled to Deans, made alliance with them, and assisted Hrothgar and his people of the distress their in. Shortly after arriving, he discovers Hrothgar’s mead hall, Heorot, has been under attack for 12 winters and lay empty at night when men should be celebrating. (McDowell) The monster who has been bringing this distress is the almighty Grendel.

After Fifty years of prosperity the Danes had yet another monster to conquer. Since Beowulf never been a man to flee from a fight he decided face this monster alone

Beowulf is a timeless poem that reflects the great duress and peril Denmark is under in 1066. The piece foregrounds the essential attributes that is desired amongst its warriors. A true Anglo-Saxon hero needs physical strength; however, brute muscle alone is not enough to fulfill the title. At a time when there are many corrupt warriors, Beowulf shines as the quintessential Anglo-Saxon hero through the use of his strength, intellect, courage, selflessness, and humility.

This is the story of me Grendel and I am going to tell you how I died. I am a man-like ogre who likes to terrorize people. One day I was hunting through the swamplands. When I heard that the king wanted to kill me because I had been terrorizing his people and killing them. So I decided to go to the great mead-hall were king Hrothgar of Denmark lived to kill him that way I would become king. The king found out and ordered his warriors to kill me. They were all terrorized because they knew I had killed many Danes and no one dared to go near me. Eventually a young warrior named Beowulf hears that the king wants to kill me. He decides to help him, Beowulf comes to Denmark with a few men determined to kill me. He gets there; talks to the king and

The author of Beowulf takes great care to describe the hero in detail, and we, as readers, learn about his abundant courage and strength. We are taken on a tour through his early struggles, his successes against the great monster Grendel and Grendel’s mother, and his ultimate demise during his battle with a dragon. But one needs to analyze the unstated theme in order to fully appreciate the effect that Beowulf has had on readers for generations. Stanley Greenfield, in his article “Beowulf and Epic Tragedy” writes that, in the end, “For all of Beowulf’s efforts, he is reaped only with useless gold, for a nation soon to perish” (104). This is representative of the core issue at hand in this epic. Beowulf is unfit to be a great king, despite his physical prowess. Because of his early and continuing history of foolishly taking unnecessary risks, his excessive pride and lack of humility, the diminishing quality of his personal

As I approached the gates of Herot, my heart laughed, already tasting the new Geat flavored men. I easily broke the lock with a touch, and when I opened the doors of Herot, I saw a room full of tasty piles of meat. I picked up the first Geat with no problem, ripping him apart with a few effortless hand and jaw movements. When I approached the sleeping Beowulf, I was delighted and eager to taste his flesh and consume the Danes’ last hope. As soon as I laid my fingers onto his skin, he reacted and soon he grabbed onto my arms.

The day we lost Beowulf was a mournful day. Though it happened many years ago, people still mourn to this day. He was a heroic man that always put his life on the line. People honored the ground that he walked on because he was immortal like. He was the mightiest of them all, and though he was mortal, we all knew this day would come because of all the dreadful battles he was in. His good deeds will never go unnoticed, and his values will never be forgotten. For this man was a warrior, and a great one. By the end of his time, the whole world had depended on this earthly man. When Hrothgar’s tribe had stopped believing in the almighty, they had become desperate. That is when the mighty soldier sailed to save the day. When Grendel came to destroy,

A monster named Grendel threatens the life of the Danes. He would go to Herot (mead hall of the Danes) and would gorge on all of the bodies. He would kill all of these men for years. One day, Hrothgar (king of the Danes) finds Herot empty. Higlac (king of the Geats) hears how Hrothgar is suffering with the monster named Grendel. Then Beowulf (Higlac's nephew), hears about what has happened in the land of the Danes. Beowulf then sets off to the land of the Geats by boat, but taking the best of the best men with him to fight Grendel.

As I lie here on the gruesome floor, I feel defeated and flabbergasted that this human so called Beowulf, killed me. During the act of my death, I start to think about what happened in my past and why I sought to kill all these innocent men in the banquet hall of the Danish king Hrothgar.