People have enjoyed adventure stories for 1000's of years. Some of the most popular adventure tales fit the criteria of epics. This is true of the Anglo Saxons story, Beowulf. Beowulf qualifies as an epic for the following reasons: the hero performs courageous dead, the plot has supernatural beings or events, and the hero's actions determine the fate of a group of people. First of all, Beowulf, the super hero, performs several courageous deeds. For instance, when Beowulf battles Grendel with his own bare hands. To face such a terrible beast with the greatest weapons would be a terrifying thought by its self. He is willing to risk his life to save people he doesn't even know. A second example is when Beowulf ventures into the swamps of where all the evil lives to seek out and destroy Grendels mother. He risks h
is life just by going near the swamp and he swims to the depths of its murky death to battle the evil within.
As well as performing courageous deeds, Beowulf also encounters supernatural beings. Furthermore, the story of Beowulf, includes supernatural beings that help make it an epic. First of all, Grendel is a beast that lives in a mysterious swampy marsh. He only hunts at night and he lurks in the shadows, you never know where he is but you can always feel his evil presence. He is a gruesome monster with great power, with razor sharp claws for gripping and shredding the place of hands. Grendel also bears many human-like qualities causing him to be known sometimes as a cannibal instead of a predator. The second paranormal creature is the dragon that Beowulf battles. The dragon is a ferocious beast that can
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