BEOWULF
The main chracters of Beowulf are:
- The main protagonist is Beowulf. He is a prince of the Geats. He is a young warrior from Geatland.
- Hrotgar is a king. He is well loved by his people and successful in war.
- The antagonists are Grendel and Grendel’s mother. They are monsters who lives at the bottom of a nearby mere.
There is the Great Danish King Scyld, King Hrothgar who builds the Great hall called Heorot for his people. When the hall is finished, he spend the time with his wife and his warriors by singing and celebrating. Suddenly Grendel appears at the hall and kills thirthy of the warriors in their sleep. For the next twelve years, Horthgar and his people helpless against Grendels’s attacks. Then Beowulf comes to help King Hrothgar. He succeeds to kill Grendel by cutting his arm. Grendel's mother is very angry and kills Hrothgar’s most trusted warrior, in revenge for Grendel’s death. Beowulf has a terrible fight with her in the bottom of the lake, but luckily he can kill her with a magical sword. After returning to his home and be the king of the Geats for fifty years he has still the last battle with a dragon. Because of his bravery, he can kill the dragon by cutting it in half. Before he dies, he instruct his man to build a tomb to be known as “Beowulf’s Tower” on the edge of the sea.
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