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The Main Characters: Good
- Beowulf - Main character in the story that is the hero who saves people from monsters that attack them. He is courageous, strong, and brave.
- King Hrothgar - Danish king, He enjoys military success and peace until Grendel comes and terrorizes them.
- Aeschere- Hrothgar's trusted advisor
- Wiglaf - Helps Beowulf in the fight against the dragon while all the other soldiers ran away.
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The Main Characters: Evil
- Grendel - Descendent of Cain. He is evil and he attacks Herot for days bringing them grief.
- Grendel's Mother - Mother of Grendel terrorizes Herot for vengeance of her son Grendel
- Dragon - An ancient powerful monster that guards treasure in a castle
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Grendel Attacks Herot
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The Coming of Beowulf
Beowulf, along with a group of 14 Geatish warriors, sails across the sea to the land of the Danes to fight the Grendel. -
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The Battle with Grendel
When Grendel attacks Herot Hall, Beowulf meets him in hand-to-hand combat. Beowulf tears Grendel's arm off, wounding him severely. -
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The Monsters Lair
People have seen around the forest two demon like creatures. Hrothgar asks Beowulf for help again in the fight against Grendel's mother. -
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Battle with Grendel's Mother
Unferth met with Beowulf before his journey and he gave him his sword hrunting with an apology Beowulf takes the sword with him to battle after the first strike he found out that he is unable to cut the skin of the beast. He takes a sword from the wall that was made from giants. He was able to defeat her with the sword. -
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Beowulf comes home
After Beowulf Defeats Grendel's Mother he returns with Grendel's head and the hilt of the Giants sword. Beowulf returning to herot put Grendel's head on the table where the king and the queen were drinking and eating. -
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Beowulf's Last Speech
Beowulf says that he would use no sword or weapon if the monster could be killed without it, but he explains that his breath will be burning hot fire pouring from his tongue. That he feels no shame with a shield and sword in hand. He talks as if it is his last battle and that he is not feeling to lucky with this battle. -
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Beginning of the Dragon Battle
Beowulf went straight into the battle with courageous thoughts. No coward could ever stand where Beowulf was. He put his shield in front of him, it held for awhile but then the shield began to melt. At this moment Beowulf knew that for the first time he would be fighting with fate against him. -
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Wiglaf joins the Battle
Beowulf starts losing the battle and when the other soldiers see this they decide to run. But Wiglaf runs into save Beowulf and help him defeat the dragon together. He says that he'd rather burn than to see flames swirling around his lord. -
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The Riches
Wiglaf went into the castle that the dragon was protecting. Beowulf was able to land the finishing blow with his dagger. After wiglaf went in he saw tons of gold and a glorious banner made with the best threads. He quickly returned to Beowulf and he wanted all of his men to share these riches -
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Death of a Lord
He asks Wiglaf to bring some of the dragon's treasure to the surface to show him his fortune before he dies.Having gazed on the treasure and given his golden necklace, gold covered helmet, chain-mail, and his rings to Wiglaf, Beowulf dies -
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The Farewell
The Geats burn Beowulf's body in a funeral pyre, then built a tower. Strong and tall for all sailors around could see it. The Geats sealed his ashes away in the walls of the tower.
