BEOWULF

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• CHARACTERS

1. Dragon

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   • He terrorized the ralm of Beowulf. He died but leave Beowulf mortaly wounded in the sruggle.
2. BEOWULF

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   • Beowulf is a hero of the Geats. Comes to the aid of Hrothgar. After killing the Grendel and Grendel´s mother he becomes king of the Geats
3. Hrothgar

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   • He is the king of Danes. He needed the help of Beowulf to kill the Grendel.
4. Grendel

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   • It was a monster that attacked the mead hall in Heorot. When he died, the mother came to revenge but Beowulf killed it too.

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• It was written in old english

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• It is set in Scandinavia

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• The protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot, is plagued by the monster Grendel. Beowulf kills Grendel with his bare hands and Grendel's mother with a giant's sword that he found in her lair. Later in his life, Beowulf becomes king of the Geats, and finds his realm terrorized by a dragon, some of whose treasure had been stolen from his hoard in a burial mound. He attacks the dragon with the help of his thegns or servants, but they do not succeed. Beowulf decides to follow the dragon to its lair at Earnanæs, but only his young Swedish relative Wiglaf, whose name means "remnant of valour",[a] dares to join him. Beowulf finally slays the dragon, but is mortally wounded in the struggle. He is cremated and a burial mound by the sea is erected in his honour.

1. Brotherhood and loyalty

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   • The warriors form a kind of brotherhood linked by loyalty to their lord.
2. Death

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   • The poem begins and ends with a funeral. .At the beginning of the poem, the king. hero, Shield Shiefson dies and there is a huge funeral for him. At the end of the poem Beowulf dies and there is also a massive funeral for Beowulf.