Beowulf Creative Essay
In all of my travels northward I had never come across a more amazing experience than the time I encountered the great Geat king, Beowulf. It all started when Caesar Marcus Aurelius asked me to scout out the lands to the far north in an attempt to expand the empire. I departed northward along with three other men on an expedition that would soon bring us to great peril. Partway into the expedition, one of my men was savagely eaten by a sea monster that had crept into the river we were crossing. Our spirits quickly dropped as it dawned on us that we would no longer have a navigator for this journey. We wandered aimlessly northward in search of the unknown. A month passed and we had not yet reached the northern sea where we had been searching. Finally, one week and four days later we spotted a large building amongst many smaller buildings in the distance. Our excitement rose as we approached this beautiful golden edifice. An inscription above the large doors
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Approximate Word count = 661
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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