Fight In Beowulf
In Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel the readers experience three different fights with three different ways of looking at them. In the first fight, the monster has a huge benefit of being so large and when he sneaks in on the people he gives them no chance. The second fight is more of an equal one with hand on hand contact. Lastly, this fight between Beowulf and the monster leaves Beowulf needing help. Throughout Beowulf the readers come across three different battles all ranging from unfair to fair and ending in the death of the hero.
In the first fight, the readers meet a monster named Grendel who is a massive monster that causes chaos in the town. Grendel has killed many people by sneaking up on them and attacking them without giving them a chance. This makes Beowulf have to show his true strength and defend the town. Beowulf has been set out to kill him but not let himself get killed. He is going to do this with his bear hands and be the first to do it. Grendel gets described in many …show more content…
This dragon wore armor and had weapons of blowing fire. This is a huge downfall for Beowulf because he cannot compete with such strong thing as fire. Beowulf did not want to use a weapon he proclaims to the people, “I’d use no sword, no weapon” (630) just to show how powerful he is. Beowulf shows the readers how he is brining out his true strength and not using a weapon but just his hands. As he tries to tear limb-by-limb off he describes, “breath will be burning hot, poison will pour from his tongue (633-634)”. He cannot over come the hotness and against this brutal monster. A new hero named Wiglaf appears and protects Beowulf from this monster. This fight is very different from the others because usually Beowulf is the one protecting the people of the town but now Beowulf has to be protected. In the end Beowulf dies a hero of the town defending three monsters from the
In the first fight, the readers meet a monster named Grendel who is a massive monster that causes chaos in the town. Grendel has killed many people by sneaking up on them and attacking them without giving them a chance. This makes Beowulf have to show his true strength and defend the town. Beowulf has been set out to kill him but not let himself get killed. He is going to do this with his bear hands and be the first to do it. Grendel gets described in many …show more content…
This dragon wore armor and had weapons of blowing fire. This is a huge downfall for Beowulf because he cannot compete with such strong thing as fire. Beowulf did not want to use a weapon he proclaims to the people, “I’d use no sword, no weapon” (630) just to show how powerful he is. Beowulf shows the readers how he is brining out his true strength and not using a weapon but just his hands. As he tries to tear limb-by-limb off he describes, “breath will be burning hot, poison will pour from his tongue (633-634)”. He cannot over come the hotness and against this brutal monster. A new hero named Wiglaf appears and protects Beowulf from this monster. This fight is very different from the others because usually Beowulf is the one protecting the people of the town but now Beowulf has to be protected. In the end Beowulf dies a hero of the town defending three monsters from the