How The Weapons And Techniques Used In Beowulf

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In the story Beowulf he fought three monsters in the epic poem. The first monster he fought was Grendel who was terrorizing Herot .The second monster he fought was Grendel's mom who was out for revenge on Beowulf for killing her only son. and the final monster he fought was The Dragon who had treasure hidden in the tower.Beowulf fought each of these monsters using different methods,weapons and techniques . I am going to breakdown the differences between the three battles and how they made
Beowulf into a hero.In the first battle with Grendel Beowulf used his hands rather than using weapons when fighting Grendel.
One of the techniques that Beowulf used to fight Grendel is that he pretended to be asleep,but in reality he was keeping an eye on …show more content…

That technique that Beowulf used was something a ninja would do when he is waiting for his pray. Beowulf was able to bend back Grendel claws by using his hands instead of any weapons,that shows me that you sometimes don't need weapons to beat monsters,Also Beowulf by bending Grendel claws was able to scare Grendel so bad, that Grendel wanted to run away from him,so Beowulf put fear into Grendel that's a really good technique.The second battle that
Beowulf fought in the epic poem was against Grendel's Mother who wanted to kill Beowulf for killing her son. In this battle Beowulf didn't not wait for Grendel's mother to come to him, he came to her. The weapon that Beowulf used in this battle was a sword and his hands. The technique that Beowulf used in this battle was to don't wait for you opponent to come to you,come to your opponent and surprise them.The last battle that Beowulf fought in the epic poem was when he fought the dragon for his treasure.The

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