Weapons In Beowulf

Beowulf is a tale that consists of a man that came to the land of Herot to fight their beasty monsters such as Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the Dragon. He came to the land for glory not Herot riches but soon received glory and riches for slaying all Herots demons that creeped on their lands. Beowulf fought many battles and within those battles he used different methods and weapons to prove his point of glory to which at the end win many different trophies.

First, Beowulf used different fighting methods in each of his battles such as in fighting one-on-one in the settings of his opponent’s homeland or turf. Beowulf fought one-on-one in his fight with the Dragon. “What I mean to here no man but me could hope to defeat this monster” (Beowulf,

p. 68). At this point no man but Beowulf was cable of defeating Herot monsters. His strength and courage wasn’t like any ordinary man; he was the hero to be. He fought Grendel’s mother in her own comfort zone. “Who’d ruled those waters for years discovered him, saw that a creature from above come to explore the bottom of her wet world” (Beowulf, p. 60). He went under the waters to find the demon that killed his friend. As he resumed fighting this she monster he soon realized who she was and why she came to Herot for revenge.

Secondly, Beowulf used different weapons such as swords, shield, and bare-hands.

During the fight with Grendel mother the weapon of choice was a sword. “The he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy sword, hammered by giants, strong and blessed by magic” (Beowulf, p. 61). Any regular sword and armor of any kind couldn’t be used to kill any monsters from the past spells that forbidden any weapon to defeat them. Fighting with the Dragon Beowulf weapon of choice was a shield. “Behind Beowulf shield; his own was burned to ashes” (Beowulf, p. 72). No weapons were really made to stop any Dragons hot, fire, and poisons breathe. The shield did him some good by blocking the fire of the Dragons breathe. The fight with Beowulf and Grendel a weapon was irrelevant and had no choice but to fight using his bare-hands. “Hells captive caught in the arms of him who of all the men on earth was the strongest” (Beowulf, p. 57). Beowulf hands were strong enough to defeat and kill Grendel in which that battle resulted

in.

Particularly, Beowulf won many different trophies such as becoming a king, an arm, and monument for his victories.

After the fight with Grendel’s mother Beowulf earned the seat of the throne. “At the hall, bold, and war like, and with Beowulf their lord and leader, they walked on the mead-hall green” (Beowulf, p. 63). Beowulf a great hero to all men defeated two of Herots and earned his riffle position as king. The torn off arm of Grendel was a prize of Beowulf’s earnings. “From the rafts where Beowulf had hand it, was the monsters arm, claw, and shoulder and all” (Beowulf, p. 59). The arm of Grendel was showed the defeat and revenge of all the bodies he feasted from. The slaying of the Dragon Beowulf himself life ended in a result of one of the biggest award a men can receive which is a monument. “For ten long days they made his monument, sealed his ashes in the walls as straight and high as wise and willing hands could rise them” (Beowulf, p. 77). Right before Beowulf took his last breathe Beowulf only loyal solider was told from Beowulf himself to honor him by building this monument so all men could

see.

In conclusion Beowulf honors, fighting methods, and weapons all resulted within his battles. Those were some of the accomplishments received to Beowulf. Weapons such as shield, swords, and bare-hands were weapons of choice. Methods fighting in comfort zones and one-one were all fighting techniques. Trophies becoming king, an arm, and monument were all rewarded to him.