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    Why Is Beowulf So Famous

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    was alive. The main reason Hrothgar was so famous is because he built a mead hall. He named that mead hall Heorot. This mead hall attracted so many people. Grendel was the beast that attacked the mead hall. One night while everyone was celebrating the mead hall and singing about God and how God created the world, Grendel got mad. Grendel is against God and worships the devil. So one night

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    Heorot from the monster named Grendel who has been preying on local inhabitants. Beowulf soon gets home and becomes a king and battles a dragon which leads to the death of Beowulf himself and the dragon. The differences between the 2007 movie and the story is that the story shows that Grendel is an unhappy monster and has had enough of seeing Heorot happiness. While in the movie they show that Grendel now has an issue with his ear where his ear throbs when Grendel hears loud noises. Also, discovered

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    Grendel, the first villain in the epic Beowulf, is portrayed as a demon from Hell and a descendant of Cain. He is twelve feet tall, with red eyes and ravening jaws. Grendel is somewhat like a man, with a head, two arms, and two legs, and he is described as such: Grendel his name, hating the sound of the harp, The minstrel’s song, the bold merriment of men In whose distorted likeness he was shaped. The narrator tells us that Grendel attacks Hrothgar’s mead hall every night, and that his incentive

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    fight was with the giant Grendel. The fight with Grendel symbolizes courage. According to Beowulf “He has no ideas of the arts of war,/ Of shield or sword-play, though he does possess/ A wild strength. No weapons, therefore,/ For either this night: unarmed he shall face me” (Heaney 681-684). Grendel is not a warrior and does not use any weapon so Beowulf also uses no weapons and armor in his fight with Grendel. Beowulf has superhuman strength which allows him to face Grendel in an armlock. The text

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    My armor, which has shielded me before, I began to take off. My protection has been ripped from me as for Grendel is no match for me, my bare hands are all I will use. Fighting is my strength and I foresee me as dangerous Grendel. Proving my strength and courage I will fight unarmed, therefore death will come to me or Grendel at this Battle. Although, Grendel is vigorously strong, whereas I know sword play, I was unarmed, but confident with myself. Waiting in the darkness for the enemy to arrive

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    story starts with Beowulf battling with Grendel. Then is switches to the battle with Grendel’s mother who is getting revenge. These two battles define which is more dangerous than the other. First, the fight with Grendel is a brutal one. The battle took place in the town of Heorot where Grendel kept attacking the town at night injuring and killing people. For this battle there wasn’t much preparation other than making himself “as dangerous any day as Grendel.” (Beowulf line 687). He does so by taking

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    The first creature Beowulf came upon was Grendel, he is usually depicted as a monster or a giant leaving underneath a dungeon. Hrathgar is the king of the Spear-Danes he had called Beowulf because of Grendel and the mass destruction and because this creature was uncontrollable and no one could defeat him. When Beowulf arrives at the Danes, he is ready to fight the Grendel because of what he caused to Hrathgar’s people. When Beowulf hears about this creature and that he doesn’t use any weapons just

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    Beowulf vs. Grendel Grendel is seen as one of the most gruesome and terrible creatures to ever plague the earth in the poem, Beowulf. He lives in a dark and horrifying place, and he commits evil deeds. On the other hand, there is Beowulf, the poem’s legendary hero. He is everything ever needed or wanted in a hero: strong, brave, and practically invincible. Although Grendel and Beowulf are perceived as completely different characters, they are actually very similar. Initially, Grendel is supposedly

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    courageous yet, for some it is futile. Beowulf’s most conflicting character is Grendel, throughout the story you may feel pity for him, and other times you feel hatred for him. Grendel live in a marshy swamp, and is a descendant of Cain, who killed his own blood brother, Abel, out of jealousy. To pay for this ultimate sin, Cain 's whole clan was condemned to be outcasts. The apple does not fall far from the tree because Grendel also feels envy towards the people in Heorot for shunning him away, so he

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    Grendel is a powerful beast that can not be stop. Grendel in the Grendel never been stop everybody they try to kill with their swords but it never work. When Beowulf came to the see Grendel their where other people trying to kill him. When Beowulf so the other people getting toning apart heads bitten off arms and their body be torn apart. Beowulf told Grendel that I am going to fight you with my hands he keep hitting him with chandelier greened started to run away from him. When Grendel tried to

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