He stabs the dragon, then Beowulf cuts the dragon in half.īeowulf is badly burned. Then Wiglaf, Beowulf’s assistant, comes and saves Beowulf. He fights the dragon, then the dragon shoots fire and burns Beowulf. Beowulf goes to the dragon’s cave to kick his ass. The dragon gets pissed and goes around burning houses. One night some dude steals a precious cup from a dragon. Beowulf has been King of Geats for fifty years. Beowulf thinks that this peace thing won’t last long. Beowulf talks about their peace treaty in which King Hrothgar has to give his daughter to the King of the Hathobards. He tells the king about the monsters, and also that King Hrothgar has another enemy, the Hathobards. Back at home Beowulf meets with his king, King Higlac (King of Geats). Beowulf goes home to Geats with his buddies and says goodbye to all the people in Denmark. Hrothgar warns Beowulf about becoming too cocky, and then gives him some more money. He cuts off Grendel’s head and brings it back to the king.īack at Hrothgar’s castle, everyone is happy and they have another feast. Then he sees Grendel (who was killed awhile ago). He finds some magic sword on the wall and kills her with it. Then Beowulf goes to Grendel’s mom’s house and they fight. Then Beowulf asks King Hrothgar to send the reward money to his Uncle, in case he (Beowulf) gets killed. He sees the advisor’s head floating in the swamp. Beowulf is pissed and goes to the swamp where she lives to kill her. She comes to Herot one night and kidnaps one of the king’s advisors. Meanwhile, Grendel’s mom is pissed and wants revenge. Then King Hrothgar gives Beowulf some loot. Everyone is happy and they do some ceremony to honor Beowulf. Beowulf starts fighting with the monster with his bare hands. Then Hrothgar tells Beowulf that he will give him some money if he kills the monster (Grendel). Then Beowulf gets mad and accuses Unferth of killing his brothers. One of Hrothgar’s soldiers, Unferth, says that Beowulf is full of crap about what a good fighter he is. Beowulf goes to Hrothgar’s castle and is pretty cocky about how easily he can kill the big monster. He gets 14 of his buddies from Geats to come with him to kick the monster’s butt. He has no idea how to beat the thing and no one parties anymore in Herot Hall. Then for 12 years King Hrothgar is scared of Grendel. So one night he goes to the Herot Hall and kills 30 guys. Then Grendel, this big monster, hears all these guys partying. After they finish it, the guys in the army party like it’s 1999. One day Hrothgar builds a hall named "Herot" for his army to stay in. Hrothgar and his army kick a lot of ass in wars. First there’s this king named Shild, then other kings, and finally King Hrothgar. The book starts with the history of the Danish Kings. Grendel hates humans and all he does is go around killing people in Denmark. He is shaped somewhat like a human, and he only comes out at night. Grendel: Grendel is a monster that lives in a lake and has superhuman strength. He talks badly about him all the time but they make up in the end. Unferth: A warrior who is really jealous of Beowulf. He is Beowulf’s assistant and acts like his son. He helps Beowulf fight a dragon when Beowulf is an old man. Wiglaf: Wiglaf is this young Swedish warrior. He is old when Beowulf is young and acts like Beowulf’s daddy. He’s strong and basically wins a lot of fights, but he fights for good reasons. This is a big Danish adventure story.īeowulf: The main character, he is the Prince of Geats and a big hero type guy. There’s a lot of make believe stuff in this story like dragons and whatever, which is kinds cool. And this is not a book, it’s a really long, really old poem. First of all, Beowulf is not a wolf, he’s a human. There’s a lot of debate over it, but nobody has a clue.
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