Conflict In Beowulf

The Warrior Who Loves Battle When a fight breaks out, a few would want to end it in victory and live in peace. Some others love the thrill of war and fight for their honor and glory. These are known as warriors or gods of war because they love to fight for the sake of fighting. Some start wars for their love of battle and others in search of beast to kill and win their prize as the best of the best. One of these warriors fight till their bones are old and ready to give in not giving a care in the world. This warrior is named, Beowulf. In the story called, Beowulf, the tale explains Beowulf’s adventure and battles with characterization, conflict, symbolism, and imagery as he fights beast who terrorize Herot from beginning to end. First, the

The story states, “To escape him, searched for rest in different/ Beds, as far from Herot as they could find, Seeing how Grendel hunted when they slept” (Lines 54-56). Grendel is the problem to the people of Herot because he comes into the hall to hunt and kill whoever is there. He is the reason why conflict is happening in Herot’s halls. One more example of conflict in the story is how Grendel’s mother becomes enraged as Grendel is dead and wants to kill Beowulf. The story explains, “She welcomed him in her claws,/ Clutched at him savagely but could not harm him,/ Tried to work her fingers through the tight/ Ring-woven mail on his breast, but tore and scratched in vain” (Lines 476-479). Grendel’s mother vain attempt of hurting Beowulf in first sight shows how enrage she is against him. Her sudden attack on Beowulf shows that there is conflict between the two. Moreover an article speaking on conflict in Beowulf, a critic states, “Beowulf crosses the sea to the land of the Danes in order to clear their country of a man-eating monster called Grendel” (Heaney). Beowulf crosses to Herot to kill Grendel. Grendel is the monster who is causing conflict to the Danes in

The story promotes, “A powerful monster, living down/ In darkness, growled in pain, impatient, As day after day the music rang/ Loud in that hall” (Lines 1-4). The image of a monster in the dark in pain as music plays loud shows imagery. It shows that the monster in the dark hates the loud music. Another imagery example in Beowulf is when Beowulf fights a dragon and his shield melts. The story implies, “To its fate. Flames beat at the iron/ Shield, and for a time it held, protected Beowulf as he’d planned; then it began to melt” (Lines 682-684). Beowulf uses the shield to protect himself from the flames. Once he use the shield against the flame, it became so hot, that it melts. Furthermore in an article speaking on imagery, a critic states, “It has pictorial power of a fine kind, and the myth of summer and winter on which it rests is out of the imagination of the natural and early world” (Brooke). The narrator tells the story with feel and emotion giving the story picture to the mind. It gives the power to imagine what is going on in the story without