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How Does Beowulf Balance Between Good And Evil

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Jorge Barrera
English 9
18 September 2018

Good vs. Evil

In Beowulf good and evil go hand in hand. We see many examples of the two based on the situations in the epic. Given that fate is a huge deal in Anglo-Saxon literature, good and evil play a significant role. Beowulf’s whole story line revolves around the balance between good and evil.
Beowulf’s purpose within the epic is to drive it out the evil that terrorizes Herot. He is to take on Grendel, the beast who goes on killing sprees whenever he feels like it, alone. The whole point is to save Herot. Grendel throughout the epic is presented as dark, scary, monstrous, and most of all evil. For this reason everything that has to do with Grendel is Dark. Evil overall is portrayed as dark in

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