The poem starts out describing this great Meade hall, and there's all these warriors that get drunk there. After the Meade hall is glorified it goes on to tell how there is this great monster. Also this great monster can hear the harps rejoicing from the Meade hall,and the poets singing of the Almighty making the earth's beautiful plains. (line 27) Then the story describes that the monster, also known as Grendel, is spawned of hell on earth. This is like hyping the monster's reputation so that it can foreshadow the coming of a great hero. (Beowulf) Grendel then goes on a murderous r

This proves that good will all ways overcome evil no matter what stands in its way. Like in the story of Beowulf he could not kill Grendel with his sword so he mortally wounds him by taking his arm and shoulder right out of its socket. Beowulf had the clear disadvantage, but good represented by Beowulf still finds a way to overcome the evil represented by Grendel Through other methods other than the standard. This poem also shows how an overconfident opponent can be beaten by good preparation. Beowulf ambushes Grendel by making him think he has the upper hand, because Grendal knows he could beat Beowulf in a one on one confrontation. When Grendel goes for the easy kill he is startled by Beowulf's hidden men he had prepared giving good the chance it needed to rip the arm off

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Grendel Beowulf, , Stories Grendel's, Beowulf Grendel, meade hall, hero beowulf, overcome evil, grendel goes, easy kill,
Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)