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Hrothgar - King of the Danes - builds a mead hall called Heorot but comes under attack from a monster called Grendel. Gredel terrorises the Danes for twelve long years. Beowulf, a prince of...
Beowulf’s exploits, richly detailed in the poem, capture the essence of heroic deeds and the indomitable spirit of the warrior culture. Beowulf has had a profound impact on English literature, influencing works across centuries. Its themes of heroism, the battle between good and evil, and the mortality of even the greatest heroes remain timeless.
The protagonist of the epic, Beowulf is a Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon. Beowulf’s boasts and encounters reveal him to be the strongest, ablest warrior around.
Heorot (Old English 'hart, stag') is a mead-hall and major point of focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The hall serves as a seat of rule for King Hrothgar, a legendary Danish king. After the monster Grendel slaughters the inhabitants of the hall, the Geatish hero Beowulf defends the royal hall
To understand Beowulf’s death strictly as a personal failure, however, is to neglect the overwhelming emphasis given to fate in this last portion of the poem. The conflict with the dragon has an aura of inevitability about it.
So when night came to Heorot, Grendel came also. The great shaggy beast burst into the hall and grabbed the warriors where they lay sleeping. Thirty men he clawed and killed, carried their bleeding bodies to his own dark home. Night after night it was the same.
I will not go home until Grendel is dead! Hrothgar: People say you have the strength of thirty men, but even you cannot defeat Grendel. If you try to fight him he will destroy you and your men.
