"his hand-grip has thirty man's strength"(line 287). Beowulf is from Sweden and

has come to Denmark to kill a creature named Grendel. This creature has been

tormenting the people of Denmark for 12 years until Beowulf hears about it. It takes

place in Anglo-Saxon times in the countries of Denmark and Sweden. There are

three battles that take place in this poem. in the first Beowulf fights Grendel.

Secondly he fights Grendel's mother. Finally he has to fight a dragon.

When Beowulf hears about Grendel's raids in Denmark he gathers his best

thanes(fighting men), and travels there to kill him. When he arrives there the king is

glad he is there but thinks the outcome of the battle will be bad. Beowulf says that

"single-handed I'll settle the strife"(line 330). This is because Grendel has put a

spell on all swords that they will not hurt him. So Beowulf takes off all his armor,

puts down all his weapons and acts like he is asleep and waits for Grendel to raid.

the wall in her lair. He grabs it and then beheads her with it. It took Beowulf a

whole day to swim down to her lair and so his men thought he was dead, even

finishing blow. Before the dragon dies however, it "fastened its fang's in Beowulf's

Beowulf returns home to Geatland and shortly thereafter his king, Hygelac,

dies. Beowulf becomes king and rules with no problems for fifty years. Then the

king, and took him away to kill him. Beowulf gets his men and tracks her down to

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