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What's more, Grendel could not be harmed by weapons; their technology - another symbol of civilization - gave them no advantage:.
             Then, time and again,.
             Beowulf's band brandished their ancestral swords,.
             they longed to save the life, if they.
             so could, of their lord, the mighty leader.
             When they did battle on Beowulf's behalf,.
             struck at the monster from every side,.
             eager for his end, those courageous warriors.
             were unaware 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. (Beowulf 783-794) .
             Their technology would not help in some struggles, so there was still the necessity of a great heroic warrior like Beowulf to defeat the monster bare-handed. Natural and supernatural forces still overwhelmed man's attempts at society-building. Civilization alone could not defend itself; man's crafts were not sophisticated enough, hence the need for a hero. A hero like Beowulf must be somewhat uncivilized to fight monsters on their own terms. .
             Likewise, when Beowulf fights Grendel's mother, normal weapons have no effect; however, Beowulf found.
             an invincible sword wrought by the giants, massive and double-edged, the joy of many warriors; that sword was matchless, well-tempered and adorned, forged in a finer age, only it was so huge that no man but Beowulf could hope to handle it in the quick of combat (Beowulf 1541-1546). .
             In other words, this was a magic weapon, wrought by the mythical giants, invincible and "forged in a finer age." Magic also belongs to a separate realm from civilization, as we'll see in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. .
             Beowulf's battle with the dragon is an interesting counterpart to these two. The dragon guarded a treasure, yes, but that treasure was actually the last remnant of a dead civilization. The poet describes the last survivor of a lost human race who laments that these objects that represent the accomplishments of their civilization no longer are of use:.


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