Trophies In The Epic Poem 'Beowulf'

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A victorious person always comes out of the event with a trophy, whether it be a certificate or a monsters head like in the epic poem, Beowulf . Trophies are an object of value that demonstrates the effort that went into it to receive it. Beowulf himself is a trophy to the Dane kingdom because he is they're valued warrior and in return is spoiled with the treasures of the kingdom in order to convince him to stay. The fight didn't end with Grendel's arm being torn off bloodily and single handedly, the vengeance followed through the family of monsters. Furthermore prompting another monster that had been hiding in it's dark and vengeful shadow waiting to come out and find revenge, this monster being Grendel's mom. She ends up killing one of King Hrotghar's best soldier in her revenge spite because to her it was an eye for an eye situation, but she didn't stop there. …show more content…

The troll's mother is no fool and knows what Beowulf is capable of and she daunts him further by leading him to taking the battle underwater where she has an advantage in her cave. While the advantage does keep him from gaining the upper hand for awhile, it didn't help that Beowulf's sword failed him too. He resorted to his strength since it got him so far the first time so "he raised his arms and seized her by the shoulders/ anger doubled his strength and he threw her to the floor" putting himself in the better position to slay her (ln 612-613). Beowulf yet again proves to be even mightier when he's angry that his sword failed him, this allowed him to deliver a few blows from his side before she got back on his level. Proving to himself that he didn't need anything but himself to gain the upper hand. Yet it continues to be a losing battle for the mother when Beowulf "struck with

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