There is a always a uncontrollable factor in life. Some may consider it luck, and some fate, however some definitely contain a kinder piece than others, and in the epic poem Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, the main protagonist Beowulf, follows this flow of fate throughout his life long journey, guided swiftly, and accurately by it, to follow out his celestial pre-planned way of life. Furthermore, Beowulf is an Epic, about a Geatish warrior who faces many enemies and is forced to overcome them, using mostly just his natural strength, and supernatural luck granted to him by fate. Moreover, with our great warrior and future king of Geatland, there are numerous examples of fate guiding our hero Beowulf in almost all major points of his …show more content…
Together, Beowulf with the help fate is able to overcome his fight with the descendent of Cain, Grendel. Additionally, this is shown when before there fight, it is proclaimed that “Almighty God rules over mankind and always has.”(701-702) and is followed by Grendel being introduced as “-God-curse”( 711). Moreover, as he wins this battle and continues on to later fight Grendel's mother, Beowulf has all that he brings with him in preparation, fail him. However , as he begins to lose, out of nowhere a mighty blade that “-any warrior would envy, but so huge and heavy of itself only Beowulf could wield in battle”(1560-1562) and with it, he is finally able to slay this enemy. Not to mention in his last battle against a fire-breathing dragon, Beowulf makes known that“Before long,the princes spirit would spin free from his body”(2423-2424). By the same token, it can most definitely be seen that in all these major battles fate, guided Beowulf to survive and prevail, except for the battle with the dragon, in which he knew of his definite demise, and still managed to slay the dragon, protecting his people in the process. Correspondingly this presence of almighty power that god is bestowed with, is a keen example of fate being shaped in favor to those who hold his