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Examples Of The Seven Deadly Sins In Beowulf

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The Seven Deadly Sins are known cardinal sins that are unforgivable, but according to the Bible they are forgivable. The characters of Beowulf represent the Seven Deadly Sins either by character or in actions. Some characters show the characteristics of multiple sins. These flaws overcome the characters in mass amounts. Greed is wanting too much of something. There are many things in the poem that represent greed. The biggest one is the dragon. The dragon had a whole cave full gold and jewels. When a cup was taken from the dragon he hunted and searched for that one cup even though he had an over abundance of treasure in his cave, that he has no use for. The kings were greedy as well. Everytime warriors came back with loot they had to present it all to the king so the king could have it all. Gluttony is the action of taking too much of something in. Grendel shows …show more content…

Unferth shows lust by wanting to be able to wield a sword really well and taking all measures to do so. Grendel does show lust when he is wanting to be like everyone in Heorot. Watching them and wanting to be them. Envy is jealousy and wanting to have what someone else has. Grendel and Unferth were envious for many reasons. Grendel always wanted to be accepted by the people in Heorot. Since the people didn't accept he would attack Heorot to kill and eat them. Unferth really wanted to be able to fight with a sword just like Beowulf could. Unferth wanted to go get loot and present it to his king so people would recognize him for more than a right hand man. He also wanted to do something really heroic just like his ancestors so he could hand down his family sword with honor. Sloth is being too slow or lazy at doing something. The kings are a good example of this. They would not put in the effort to have treasures. They would order the warriors to go out and take them and bring them back to the kings so they could stay in their castles and do

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