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Dragon In Beowulf

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In Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney the dragon’s gold represents a close bond. When the man stumbles upon the cave of treasures, when he steals a gold jewel-studded goblet. The dragon wakes up to find his goblet gone “the hoard-guardian scorched the ground as he scoured and hunted for the trespasser” (Heaney 155-157). To most people the treasure will gain them nothing but to the dragon he is the hoard guardian meaning he cares about his possessions enough to hunt for the trespasser. The dragon uses his “pent-up fury at the loss of the vessel made him long to hit back and lash out in flames” (Heaney 157). The dragon is “fury at the loss of the vessel” showing that he is close to his belongings because he shows emotion towards the lost possession

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