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    The document provides a summary of the major events and themes in the epic poem "Beowulf". It discusses how Beowulf, as the hero, overcomes various evil monsters like Grendel and Grendel's mother to defend the Danes. Later as king of the Geats, Beowulf faces a dragon but is defeated until another soldier named Wiglaf helps kill the dragon. The overarching theme is that good ultimately triumphs over evil, as seen through Beowulf's victories against the antagonists in the story.

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    August 25, 2009


    Charles Tanniehill

    In “Beowulf,” the major theme for this story is that good overcomes evil.
    “Beowulf” is an epic story about a man who tries what he can to stop the man who
    kills the people of Denmark, and Beowulf is brave enough to actually try and stop
    the horrid beast, Grendel. Beowulf, the hero of the epic, is “the mighty protector of
    men.” (Line 366) Beowulf is said to be (greater and stronger than anyone
    anywhere in the world,” (Lines 110-111) and his primary mission is to stop
    Grendel, and in the future, the beast’s mother, and a dragon. Grendel and his
    mother are both descendants of Cain, who are “murderous creatures banished by
    god, punished forever for the crime of Abel’s death, and they split into a thousand
    forms of evil, which includes spirits and fiends, goblins, monsters, giants, a broad
    of forever opposing Lord’s Will, and again and again defeated.” (Lines 21-29)
    Later on in the epic, Beowulf and Grendel have a battle. As Grendel was arriving
    to battle, he actually killed one of the Geats, and while he was killing him,
    Beowulf paid close attention to the battle. And then, once the two meet up, the
    fought to the bitter end. Grendel put a spell the weapons, so he will not get hurt
    from the weapons that the soldiers have used. But Beowulf is actually really
    strong, that he had the strength to actually kill Grendel by pulling his entire arm
    out of his socket, giving the victory to Beowulf. Beowulf then goes to the
    monster’s lair to defeat Grendel’s mother. Grendel’s mother was so strong, almost
    no weapon could even defeat her, and even though Beowulf is strong with his
    hands, he was still unable to defeat Grendel’s Mother. Then, Beowulf found a
    weapon that was too large for any mankind to handle, but he was able to use it, and
    he defeated Grendel’s mother. The Danes didn’t believe Beowulf survived, and
    they went back home. The Geats still think that Beowulf was still alive, so they all
    waited, just to happily know that Beowulf is safe, and Grendel’s mother is
    defeated. 50 years later, Beowulf became king of the Geats, now plans to defeat the
    Dragon in the towers. Even though he tried to defeat the dragon, and has failed.
    His “weapons had failed him,” (Lines 696-697) and the dragon defeated Beowulf.
    Then, another soldier, named Wiglaf, came to help Beowulf after he was defeated.
    He fought and fought, and he ended up defeating the dragon. Later on, before
    Beowulf died, he has given Wiglaf the title “King of the Geats” and has given him
    “the golden necklace from around his (Beowulf) throat to Wiglaf, his Gold-
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    covered helmet, his rings, and his mail shirt.” (Lines 831-834) The battles all
    represent that evil is no match for the good, when every time when there is a story
    with a protagonist and an antagonist, the protagonist always have the win.

    -Work cited

    “Beowulf” Literature: Timeless voices, Timeless Themes. Upper Saddle River:


    Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. Pgs. 38-60

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