BEOWULF 2

People have enjoyed adventure stories for 1000’s of years. Some of the most popular adventure tales fit the criteria of epics. This is true of the Anglo Saxons story, Beowulf. Beowulf qualifies as an epic for the following reasons: the hero performs courageous dead, the plot has supernatural beings or events, and the hero’s actions determine the fate of a group of people. First of all, Beowulf, the super hero, performs several courageous deeds. …

…even setting a foot outside their own homes. Once Beowulf defeated the evil dragon the people found the great treasure that the beast once protected. Days later the great hero died from his battle wounds with the monster. The story of Beowulf is an epic because his actions and decisions determined the fate of a group of people, the story contained involved supernatural beasts and evil, and himself as the hero, performed many courageous tasks.