Beowulf Rough Draft Essay

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Alonzo Rivera English IV Class 2 March 1, 2023 Beowulf Rough Draft In the poem Beowulf is an example of a story that focuses on the battle between good and evil. The author uses different characters to give support to the theme that good eventually will overcome evil. The character Beowulf is the hero of the story. He is a brave person who does not back down from any challenge he seeks to protect his community from any challenge that will face him. “Beouwulf arose, with his men Around him, ordering a few to remain with their weapons, leading the others quickly.” (verse 135). What I mean by this quote is that Beowulf is a great leader to be the first to lead his people to keep his community safe and have the bravery to be the one who always …show more content…

Beowulf is willing to risk his life to protect others. He demonstrates his strength and his braveness when he battles Grendel, Grendel is a monster who has been terrorizing all the Danish people. Beowulf will be able to defeat Grendel by his bare hands, which shows that he is not afraid to confront the monster face to face.The author uses Beowulf’s victory over Grendel to show the power that Good will always be more powerful than evil. When Grendel and Beowulf were battling, Grendel was thinking of running away from Beowulf and hide because Beowulf was known to beat anyone that would stand from him and protecting his community safe “Grendel's one thought was to run from Beowulf, flee back to his marsh and hide there.” (verse 275). In this story Grendel has many encounters with Beowulf but in most of those battles Beowulf has the triumph , the biggest battle between Beowulf and Grendel is when they encountered themselves on (verse 260). Grendel snatched at the first gaet he came to rip him apart, cut his body to bits with his powerful …show more content…

“The Battle was over, beowulf had been granted new glory; Grendal escaped, but wounded as he was he could flee to his den, his miserable hole at the bottom of the mars, only to die, to wait for the end of all his days, and after that bloody combat the Danes laughed with delight. He who would have come to them from across the sea. Bold and strong-minded, had drive affliction off, purged-herot clean.” The battle between Beowulf and Grendal according to the Danes, they had won, Beowulf had defeated the monster in combat and forced him to

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