Good Vs Evil In Beowulf

Beowulf, A New Telling by Robert Nye, shows how that although he had many weaknesses, by acknowledging them they became his strengths. Beowulf cages his own evil, and by doing so, he allows himself to fight the other evils of the world. Beowulf, although he had his own evil, chains it. This separates him from the evil beings of the story, such as Grendel and She, and allows him to fight them without losing his life.
The theme of this story is light against darkness. A place with elements of light within the story is Hall Heorot. ¨By day, it towered above mens heads like a second sun, so bright were it's walls and roof.¨on page 5. A place with elements of darkness is the fen, because it was ¨full of evil thing that feared the light.¨ on page

7. People who have elements of light are Wealtheow, because she has a blue cloak, which gives gold. Another example is Beowulf himself because, as he says while facing Grendel, ¨There’s honey in my veins, Grendel, a liquid sunlight that can kill you quite.¨on 40. People and monsters who have elements of darkness in them are Grendel because ¨Grendel is wickedest fiend who ever crawled in darkness.¨ Unferth, because ¨the tree of evil looked taller and more familiar to Unferth than the slender green tree of good.¨ on page 55. Another example is Beowulf himself, because as he says himself so eloquently, ¨Bad teeth don't only belong to witches. I have some myself. ¨ on page 28.
What I liked about Beowulf was how the story told three different adventures that Beowulf went on, and that he went on two as young Beowulf and the last and final one as old Beowulf. The first two were about him gaining fame in the land of the Danes by defeating Grendel and She with his strength, and goodness. The last and final quest was defeating the firedrake, but instead of using strength, he used his own cleverness to defeat the firedrake. Beowulf did this by following his knowledge of bees, and their relationship with their queen. He knew that he bees would follow their queen anywhere, so when the queen bee was swallowed by the firedrake, the bees followed her down the firedrakes throat and stung it's insides. This killed the firedrake, because it had the effect on him that no sword could ever have on his armoured hide.
A similar work is the book Unwanteds, because it shows the struggle between light and dark, the ¨unwanteds¨ being the people of light, struggling to survive against the people of Quill. The people of Quill are either brainwashed or evil. This is similar to Beowulf because Beowulf, Wealtheow, and Hrothgar are people of light, while Grendel, and She are creatures of darkness. Another similar book is harry potter because it shows that Harry Potter is a person of light and kindness, and must face Voldemort, because Voldemort is a person of darkness, and Voldemort is bent on controlling the world under his evil regime. This is similar to Beowulf because Beowulf is a person of light and kindness, and must stop Grendel from continued terrorism of Hall Heorot.
In conclusion, this book is about no ordinary hero. This book is about a hero with weakness, a hero who isn't perfect, but by acknowledging his shortcomings, these shortcomings become his strengths. Maybe you have some weaknesses. But by acknowledging them, you can become a hero in your own story.