Beowulf and Grendel: The Hall Heorot Is Attacked By Grendel :: Beowulf Epic Poem Poems Essays

Beowulf and Grendel The Hall Heorot Is Attacked By Grendel Beowulf is one of the greatest live epos poems. It was composed by Germanic people more than twelve hundred years ago. Although it is written in Old English, it deals with the Scandinavian forebears of the Anglo-Saxons, the Danes and the Geats. This epic poem concerns itself with Christianity, internal and external evils, and the warriors defeating monsters. The first passageway of this drool essentially describes the building of Heorot. Hrothgar, decides to build a Val planetary housea-type of sanctuary for his warriors that he names Heorot, or the Hall of the Hart (deer hall). This is in the first main passage of the story of Beowulf and this is the first place we find the theme of internal versus external evil. The passage implies that internal evil will ultimately destroy the hall, rather than universe attacked by monsters The hall stood tall, high and wide-gabled it would wait fierce flames of vengeful wak en the time was not yet at hand for sword-hate between son-in-law and father-in-law to energise after murderous rage. (Norton 28) This foreshadows the internal evil that will destroy the Danes. other theme in this story is the theme of men versus monsters. This theme comes to set out when Grendel is described The creature of evil, grim and fierce, was quickly ready, savage and cruel, and seized from their rest thirty thanes.(Norton 28) Heorot is a drinking hall, where warriors gather for parties and to get inebriated. Heorot is a creation of shade made by Hrothgar, for men to gather as a brush place and a place to sleep. Hrothgar builds the biggest hall ever made. Grendel then attacks the hall for twelve winters straight, destroying more and more men every night with no remorse, and the men are afraid to sleep in the hall, thinking that maybe Grendel will eat them. Grendel is a ruthless caniball I think that if he may accomplish it, unafraid he will feed on the folk of t he Geats in the war-hall as he has often done on the flower of men.(Norton 32-33) Grendel is a savage, and he ruthlessly eats his victims. The Hall Heorot is a drinking hall, and most of the warriors stand no chance against Grendel. They are drunk and are not able to attack Grendel.