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Beowulf begins with a history of the great king whose funeral had been in progress. The king was well loved by the people and was also successful in war. He built an honourable hall to house his big army, and when they shall be finished, the warriors gathered under the roof to celebrate. However, there was a monster known as Grendel which lived at the bottom of nearby mere was provoked by singing and celebrating of Kings owners. The monster appears at the hall late one night and kills thirty of the warriors inking their sleep. The next twelve years, the fear of Grendel’s fury casts a shadow over the lives of people. The king and his advisors have no solution to the problem.
Grendel is presented as a monster, a demon and a friend. He instils terrible fear in the Danes and with good reason. He haunts the moors and marshes and attacks the warriors while they sleep at the hall. Grendel is also carnivorous because he feast has s on human flesh and also drinks human blood, he is also stable in the fact that he smashed thirty men all alone and dragged them to his lair. Grendel is also quick, quiet and stealthy in that he can sneak into the hall without being detected, he also has swift hard claws and powerful jaws and great teeth and lastly he has magic powers in that he has cast the spell so that warrior’s weapons cannot hurt him.
Beowulf, the prince of Gets, hears about the king’s troubles and fears, gathers some of the bravest Great warriors and sets sail from his home. The members of King Hrothgar court greet the Gets bound Beowulf boasts to the king of his previous success as a warrior mainly through fighting sea monsters. During the banquet that follows Beowulf’s arrival, there rises disbelief of Beowulf’s victory from a Danish thane, and the king promises Beowulf great treasures if he succeeded in killing the monster.
Grendel appears on the night that the Gets had arrived and Beowulf true to his words and without failing wrestles with the monster barehanded. He tears off the monster arm at the shoulder, but Grendel escapes but later died soon afterwards at the bottom of his snake infested mere. The king, with fabulous treasure, rewards Beowulf.