forces of good. Ever since then, the battle has always had the same outcome; the

righteous defeating the wicked. The epic poem, Beowulf, is the embodiment of this

ongoing struggle, and displays many contrasts between good and evil through its settings,

God, condeming Cain, the father of evil, to be shut away from men "for the crime

of Able's death," leaves the wicked to live in the darkness, shut away from everything.

Those who live in complete happiness, where they are provided with all that they need, are

Righteousness is represented throughout the epic by the character Beowulf, and

his actions. Beowulf, portraying many good qualities, is the ultimate example of a hero,

"no strength is a match for," his (Beowulf 22). For he "survived the sea, smashed

He is sneaky and cowardly, slipping "through the door and there in silence snatched up

fear; nothing would stop their passing (Beowulf 23)." His acts of good are shown

monsters' hot jaws," and made it possible for sailors to "cross that sea-road and feel no

pounced on a sleeping soldier, "ripped him apart, cut his body to bits with his powerful

Beowulf took hold of the demon with his mighty hand, grasping so tightly that he could

free himself from the death grip of Beowulf, but his attempts were hopeless. Beowulf had

But this would be the last victim that Grendel would ever take, because next Grendel

an end, "the tears torn out of Grendel's taut throat" signaled the end of this terrifying

through his efforts to free King Hrothgar's hall from the wrath of Grendel, a man-eating

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