The long poem or tale of Beowulf started with a description of king Scyld Shelfin power .he had a son named Beow , he grow and takes the throne . He was a great king that shared his fortune with his man , later years his kids stated coming one by one Heorogar, Hrothgar and Halga and a daughter that later became queen of Onela's . Just like his father Hrothgar takes the throne he keeps the place in peace and prosper. until he build a great hall named Heoret . In Heorot there they had big parties with music and laughter .
All the
music and happiness made a great and powerful demon mad with rage and wanting
to destroy everything . The great demon was Grendel a human
monster that came from underwater . He destroyed everything in his path
that night he also killed and eat Hrothgar's man . Grendel hunted
the hall every night for twelve years . The danes had no idea of how to stop
grandel. The Danish tell their king hygealc who he was a thane named
Beowulf . Beowulf was made a reputation for killing monsters and strength
so he aggress to help Hrothgar with
his problem so he sails a ship with companions . ones they lands
Denmark they meet the king he agreed to the help of Beowulf because he is
son of a great man Ecghteow who had also made a name for himself . that same
night the Danes and Geats had a great feast during the feast the kings
thane Unferth tried to discredit Beowulf of his glory of winning a
swimming contest to Breca .not only did Beowulf told the whole story of how he
defeated him but also killed sea monsters . As the party finishes Beowulf and
Hrothgar have a conversation and promises him all his gold if he kills Grendel
.
As
the night arrives Grendel makes his daily round to the hall where Beowulf
is waiting for him without him knowing . He sees all the warriors
sleeping and reaches for one of them and swallows him . since Grendal is
clueless about Beowulf . He attacks and keeps a tight hold to one
of his claw . not knowing what's happening to him Grendal tries to
run away , but Beowulf keeps him in his place . in the end he finally
rips apart from the grip of Beowulf and leaves a bloody trail and his arm
behind . with the arm of Grendal the king gives his promise to
Beowulf and gives him armor, rings , helmets,
horses, and all sorts of gifts for what he did . as everyone sleeps in the hall
another monster attacks and looking for revenge this time is Grendal's mother
she is not a powerful as her son but she killed a warrior . Beowulf heirs about
what happen in the hall and asked a Hrothgar to take him the moors . as he
dives in the water he tells hrothgar to sent his belongings to hygelac .
As he reaches the bottom of the lake grendels mother is waiting for him .
Beowulf tries to cut her with the sword given by unferth but it can't cut her
so they start to wrestle . Beowulf spots a sword and he graves it with
just one blow he beheads Grendel's mother. felling angry still he also does the
same to grendel . As he reaches the top of the lake he has grandels head in the
hilt of the sword .
Quote :
" The almighty had made the earth a
gleaming plain girdled with water; in His splendor He set the sun and the moon
to be earth's lamplight , lanterns for men , and filled the broad lap of the
world with branches and leaves; and quickened life in every other thing that
moved." ( pg 43 lines 92-98)
I choose this passage because it
gives an idea of who they believe god created the world and how much
Christianity was part of their lives during this time period
helpful link : http://www.novelguide.com/Beowulf/themeanalysis.html
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