Parallels between Beowulf and the World Trade Center Tragedy Beowulf, the story of a single man who brings a super power to its knees is a story that is clichéd many times in contemporary works. ... To parallel this to the recent tragedy I would associate Beowulf with Osama Bin Laden and Grendle with the United States of America. ... Then came the coming of Beowulf a man who most likely unfamiliar to Grendle, Beowulf took Jute civilians and trained them to fight and not fear Grendle, much like how Osama Bin Laden trained and funded Arabic and Muslim civilians to fight and not fear th...

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