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The First Point In The Story Of Beowulf

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In the story of Beowulf, it starts as a town hall being attacked by a demon named Grendel. Grendel strikes at night and is feared by all with his razor claws. Beowulf is a known hero, brave, Nobel and strong. There are three different points to the story of Beowulf. The points are Beowulf’s bravery, trust in god, and being remembered. Sense there are two parts to Beowulf, starting with Beowulf killing Grendel and Grendel’s mom and ends with Beowulf trying to defeat a dragon but the story puts in a good un predictable twist where Beowulf is killed by the dragon.
The first point is bravery, bravery is defined as “the condition or quality of being brave” and in the first point Beowulf is and should be defined as brave. In the first part of Beowulf, Beowulf is being told about the demon and he tell everyone that he will fight the demon bare handed which ends up not happening but still is brave enough to do so without arms. There is a quote that reads “keep it free of evil, fight with glory in your heart!” meaning that be strong and brave fight with glory and not fear. So Beowulf fights with glory and kills Grendel as well as his mother. …show more content…

He just asks got for help and even after he thanks god and the time against the dragon he says thank you god for the riches and the treasures you have blessed me with and now I am ready for my death. He says before death “to the everlasting lord of all, to the king of glory, I give thanks that I behold this treasure here in front of me that I have been thus allowed to leave my people so well endowed on the day I die.” This being said it would seem that he was not as selfish as the first look at

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