Beowulf

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of Herot for twelve years. Eventually, the news that Grendel is attacking Herot reaches King Hygleac in Geatland. tells King Hygleac that he will sail to Hrothgar's kingdom to offer help. is received by Herot's coastal guard who then takes him with King Hrothagar. As soon as he gets to the Danish shore, Hrothgar's coastal guard awaits them. tells the guard who he is and states his reason for coming. The guard takes the Geats to Herot. Arriving at Herot, King Hrothgar asks why he is there and answers him that he is there to help him. Hrothgar asks him why he thinks he can do this job. tells Hrothgar that he has had experience in combat against water-monsters.
…They have seen my strength for themselves,
Have watched me rise from the darkness of war,
Dripping with my enemies' blood. I drove
Five great giants into chains, chased
All of that race from the earth… (416 - 421).
Although Grendel shows his "dark side" by killing everyone because of the jealousy he has of ...

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had brewed / In her heart, that female horror…"(1257 - 1259). She wanted only to bring the Danes sorrow. Although she was a monster, she still was a mother. Revenge is considered something bad, but when someone kills your own son nobody thinks about what is right from wrong. "And her greed, drove her from her den on the dangerous / Pathway of revenge…" (1277 - 1278). She hated the Danes so much that she would fight with all her strength just for the murder of her child. "…No female, no matter / How fierce, could have come with a man's strength, / Fought with the power and courage men fight with…" (1282 - 1284). Hrothgar's closet friend and advisor Aeschere's, had been kidnapped and ...

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