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Name
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Description
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Unferth ( )
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1. A Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel,
Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon. His exploits prove him to be
the strongest, ablest warrior of his time. In his youth, he personifies the
values of the heroic culture. In his old age, he proves a wise and effective
ruler.
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The dragon ( )
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2. The king of the Danes. He enjoys military success
and prosperity until Grendel comes to terrorize his realm. He is a wise and
aged ruler, and he represents a different kind of leadership from that
exhibited by the youthful warrior Beowulf. He is a father figure to Beowulf
and a model for the kind of king that Beowulf becomes.
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Grendel ( )
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3. A Danish warrior who is jealous of Beowulf. He is
unable or unwilling to fight Grendel, thus proving himself inferior to
Beowulf.
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Grendel’s Mother ( )
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4. An ancient, powerful serpent that guards a horde of
treasure. Beowulf fights it in the third and final part of the epic.
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Beowulf ( )
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5. A young kinsman and
brave soldier. He helps his king and friend in the fight against the
dragon after the other warriors run away. He adheres to the heroic code,
thereby proving himself a suitable successor to him.
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Wiglaf ( )
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6. A demon descended from Cain. It preys on Hrothgar’s
warriors in the king’s mead-hall, Heorot. Because its ruthless and miserable
existence is part of the retribution exacted by God for Cain’s murder of
Abel, it fits solidly within the ethos of vengeance that governs the world of
the poem.
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King Hrothgar ( )
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7. A demon even
more monstrous than Grendel. She seeks revenge on Hrothgar’s men for the
death of her son. Beowulf journeys to her magical, creature-filled lair
beneath the swamp in order to defeat her.
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