Beowulf's super-human courage is shown when he went into battle with Grendel, Grendel's mother and the dragon. He shows he is fearless when he says, "I'd use no sword, no weapon, if this beast could be killed without it, crushed to death like Grendel- (72). ... Even after all of the horror stories that he hears about Grendel, he still is ready to fight the horrid beast without any hesitation by exclaiming "Grendel is no braver, no stronger than I am- (20). ... I already knew that all my purpose was this: to win the goodwill of your people or die in battle, press in Grende...

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During the fight with Grendel, Beowulf was without a sword for he "left his sword stuck on the top of the mound" (27). ... Grendel had never known strength like this" (40). When Beowulf fought against Grendel's mother, he was again without weapon and he carried only his strong hands. ... During his fight with Grendel and Grendel's mother, Beowulf used words to weaken the enemies. " Grendel heard his words like thunder in his brain. ... When he fought against Grendel's mother, he used words to weaken her "magic". ...

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Grendel's Attack The next morning I was the first warrior that was outside. I went outside to look at the Grendel. ... When Grendel first attacked the king was in a panic. ... But he couldn't have taken Grendel alone. ... Right then, Beowulf charged at Grendel and stabs him in the heart. ...

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In the beginning of the epic, we are presented with monster Grendel's attack on Htothgar and his people. ... After being told of how strong and dangerous Grendel is, you might think that he would back off for his own safety, but he doesn't. Beowulf is aware of the fact that he might lose his own life fighting Grendel, but for him his life has no value next to all the people's. ... "Nor will you need, if death takes me, worry about a burial" As he says, Beowulf fights Grendel with bare hands and his own faith and wins the battle. ... When he has to fight Grendel's mother...

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He uses his strength to kill the monster, Grendel, who has been terrorizing the Danes for twelve years. ... When Beowulf is fighting Grendel's vengeful mother, he is slays her by slashing her neck with a Giant's sword that could only be lifted by Beowulf. ... Beowulf's uncle, King of the Geats, sends him as an emissary to help rid the Danes of the evil Grendel. ... He also knows that when fighting an enemy like Grendel he will achieve immortality no matter the outcome. ...

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Grendel, the very mention of that hideous and vile name is enough to bring up the bile from the back of my throat. ... Grendel surprised me when he managed to talk, even though the words he spoke were only pathetic insults of my abilities. ... Grendel got up, pushed his mother aside, and stood there dumbly waiting for me to do or say something. ... Grendel simply turned in place, met the bear's charge, and broke its back with a mighty bear hug (no pun intended). ... Welthow screamed bloody murder as Grendel lifted her from the bed by her delicate ankle, and all I could do was watch a...

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Like in the fight against Beowulf and Grendel, Grendel had no weapon so Beowulf fought without any weapons. ... Beowulf did that because he did not want any excuses about how and why he kills Grendel. ...

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Beowulf proved that he is the strongest when he fought three battles with Grendel, Grendel's mother and the dragon. ... "I"d use no sword, no weapons, if this beast could be killed without it, crushed to deathlike Grendel, gripped in my hands and town limb from limb." ... When he fights with Grendel, he grabs Grendel's claws and rips off his arm. ... By fighting all these fight with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon, he also swam for five days with Brecca; this made him one of the strongest and most amazing hero in our literature history. ...

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An example of a legendary event is the fight between Grendel and Beowulf in lines 114 - 264. ... Evidence of this lies in lines 201 - 205 during Grendel and Beowulf's fight where it states that no man's weapon could harm Grendel because they were all bewitched. ... These traits are evident in this poem because Beowulf represents good and Grendel represents evil. ... • Beowulf risks his life for immortal glory and for the good of others which is evident in both the fights with Grendel and the dragon. ... He single handedly defeats Grendel and the dragon even after all his st...

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In Beowulf's first battle at Herot, he fought Grendel with honor without any armor or weapons. ... Fate allowed Beowulf to overcome Grendel's strength. Beowulf had a much stronger grip then Grendel would ever have. ... Grendel realized that he had it easy with the other warriors because they could not fight back. ... When Grendel's mother was acknowledged of her son's death, she wanted to avenge her son's enemy. ...

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At the beginning of the story, Grendel is wreaking havoc on King Hrothgar's mead-hall in Herot. Beowulf and his men are called over from the land of the Geats to help defend the mead-hall against Grendel. After he defeats Grendel and Grendel's mother he returns to his untimely death. ... Beowulf gives up his weapons to fate and God to decide if he shall be the victor over Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. ...

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Beowulf killed Grendel; Grendel had never come to such a match among a stronger person "That shepherd of evil, guardian of crime knew at once that nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands were harder." ... When he killed Grendel with his own hands "My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: my hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster." Beowulf jumped in the water to fight Grendel's mourning mother, he did not know where he was going yet, he went for glory and fame sho...

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For example when Beowulf fights Grendel (an evil monster) Beowulf is able to rip his arm out of his socket. ... After Beowulf ripped Grendels arm out it was obvious that the battle was over and Beowulf had won. Another good example of Beowulf's strength is during the battle with grendels mother. This is when he swam down to her lair, but he is unable to use weapons against her due to Grendels moms body being protected by magic. ...

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Beowulf also shows that he is a hero when he makes the right decisions when the answers aren't obvious like when he decides to fight Grendel with his bare hands instead of using a sword before they knew that "No war-sword, not even the finest iron on earth, could wound their evil enemy, for he had woven a secret spell against every kind of weapon, every battle blade." ...

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