Wednesday, October 21, 2009
iv part dos
The presence of monsters- There were three main ones in this book. Grendel, Grendle's mother, and the dragon. They were all very different in why they were killing people and creating chaos. Grendel didn't really seem to have any reason as to why he was going around and killing the people. It was that he was showing his strength and wanted people to fear him. It had to make him very proud that no one could kill him and he could do whatever he wanted. He terrorised the people for a long time before Beowulf showed up and was able to out power him. When they were fighting he felt as though he wasn't the most powerful for the first time. "That shepherd of evil, guardian of crime, knew at once that nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands were harder; his mind was flooded with fear"(Raffel 34 lines 750-752). Beowulf ended up defeating him by tearing his arm off, but not killing him like he would have like to have done. This lead to peace for awhile until the monsters started showing up again so Beo and his men decided to go to where they were. Beowulf was the only one that was able to get down to were they were. This is were he met Grendel's mother. The only reason she wanted to kill him was because she was very angry with him for killing her son. Their fight was a difficult one for him and he probably would not have survived if he had not seen the sword. This fight lasted so long that the men though that he was dead and left the spot. He was able to win and also came back up with the head of Grendel to show to everyone. The last one was the dragon and he was felt like he was disrespected from having someone steal from him. This made him want to burn down everything with his fire breath. Beo heard about this after a lot of the town had been destroyed by him. The dragon almost got the best of Beowulf but thankfully Wiglaf was there to help him. After they had killed him they were able to get all of the treasures that he had hidden away in his cave. Beowulf was just able to see all of these precious things before he died because the dragon had bitten him. All of these monsters were defeated by Beowulf!
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The giving of gifts- Many gifts were given in this epic poem. They normally went along with a great big celebration. Gifts were given to show appreciation and thanks for someone who had done something to help out a group or individual person. Since Beowulf was the hero of this story he received many gifts through out. After he had defeated the monster he was showered in gifts by the people who had been effected by all of the killings. Some of the things he received were very useful to him like all of the swords and the helmet. Also he just got things that would never really be useful but had great meaning and normally had a great line of people that had had it before him. "And he was given a mail shirt, and golden armbands, and the most beautiful necklace known to men: nowhere in any treasure-hoard anywhere on earth was there anything like it."(Raffel 53 1193-1197). He wasn't always the one receiving the gifts though. When he came to the other country to fight Grendel he gave their king gifts so he would allow him to stay and fight. Also when he got home from being gone so long him and his men gave their king many gifts to. They held a great feast and told all about their journeys and what all happened with all of the monsters.
The giving of gifts- Many gifts were given in this epic poem. They normally went along with a great big celebration. Gifts were given to show appreciation and thanks for someone who had done something to help out a group or individual person. Since Beowulf was the hero of this story he received many gifts through out. After he had defeated the monster he was showered in gifts by the people who had been effected by all of the killings. Some of the things he received were very useful to him like all of the swords and the helmet. Also he just got things that would never really be useful but had great meaning and normally had a great line of people that had had it before him. "And he was given a mail shirt, and golden armbands, and the most beautiful necklace known to men: nowhere in any treasure-hoard anywhere on earth was there anything like it."(Raffel 53 1193-1197). He wasn't always the one receiving the gifts though. When he came to the other country to fight Grendel he gave their king gifts so he would allow him to stay and fight. Also when he got home from being gone so long him and his men gave their king many gifts to. They held a great feast and told all about their journeys and what all happened with all of the monsters.
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Beowulf believed that he was a very strong person. He shows this by going to fight the dragon when he was an old man, and not backing away even though he only had one other man with him. He did end up dying after the fight but it showed that he was strong and would accomplish what he wanted to. He didn't believe it was all himself though. After all the times he had done something herotic he gave credit to God. He showed that he had a strong christan influence on his life. He thought that God had always gave him the strenght to acomplish all of the great things he did. "The world is God's, He allows a man to grow famous, and his family rich, gives him land and towns to rule and delight in." (Raffel 73 lines 1728-1731). God had given him and good life to talk about, and kept him alive through many tough battles so he had a very strong faith in him. He believed he would always keep him alive, and I don't think he thought he was going to die from the dragon because he had never had any issues before, but when he was dying he didn't blame any of it on God and was okay with it. Beowulf also wanted other people to think well of him. This is why some might say he bragged. He wanted others to know all of the great things he had done and how he had acomplished all of it. He ended up having a very good reputation. "So Edgetho's son proved himself, did as a famous soldier must do if glory is what he seeks: not killing his comrades in drunken rages, his heart not savage, but guarding God's gracious gift, his strength, using it only in war, and then using it bravely."(Raffel 91 lines 2177-2183). After his death people saw him as a good fighter and a great man. He always used what God had given him to the best he could and didn't use it for uneeded issues. Beowulf showed that he believed in God, and wanted to always have a good reputaion both things he kept through out the whole book.
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Beowulf believed that he was a very strong person. He shows this by going to fight the dragon when he was an old man, and not backing away even though he only had one other man with him. He did end up dying after the fight but it showed that he was strong and would accomplish what he wanted to. He didn't believe it was all himself though. After all the times he had done something herotic he gave credit to God. He showed that he had a strong christan influence on his life. He thought that God had always gave him the strenght to acomplish all of the great things he did. "The world is God's, He allows a man to grow famous, and his family rich, gives him land and towns to rule and delight in." (Raffel 73 lines 1728-1731). God had given him and good life to talk about, and kept him alive through many tough battles so he had a very strong faith in him. He believed he would always keep him alive, and I don't think he thought he was going to die from the dragon because he had never had any issues before, but when he was dying he didn't blame any of it on God and was okay with it. Beowulf also wanted other people to think well of him. This is why some might say he bragged. He wanted others to know all of the great things he had done and how he had acomplished all of it. He ended up having a very good reputation. "So Edgetho's son proved himself, did as a famous soldier must do if glory is what he seeks: not killing his comrades in drunken rages, his heart not savage, but guarding God's gracious gift, his strength, using it only in war, and then using it bravely."(Raffel 91 lines 2177-2183). After his death people saw him as a good fighter and a great man. He always used what God had given him to the best he could and didn't use it for uneeded issues. Beowulf showed that he believed in God, and wanted to always have a good reputaion both things he kept through out the whole book.
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