“Beowulf” References Essay

Beowulf is rich in references to depute, which is described or as a armor of Creator and identical to presage intent, or is shown as an main(a) force. Really, belief in Fate took primary place in before-Christian ideology of Germans. During the battle with Grendels contract, Fate as force unites with Fate as divine intent. Although Beowulf is an instrument in divine hands, in hands of Fate, for his people he IS the Fate he embodies Fate. He says Fate goes ever as fate moldiness (line 455).Beowulf believes in fate and he challenges it when he comes to Chrodgar and asks him to give him honor to protect fortress from monster Grendel, he tells that fate should judge and decide wholl stay alive. And if hell be eated, so this is fate. He says about fate also when he remembers his contest with Brecca, where they wanted to find out who is the better swimmer, when they swam for 5 days, and then broken each other in the sea a sea monster attacked him, but again, fate saved Beowulf by h is own words Fate practically saves an undoomed man if his courage holds. (Beowulf)He believed in honesty and fate, so he took off his chain armor and sword and gave all this to his companion he could kill Grendel by sword, but he wanted to win in an honest contest this was his free will.Grendel is (as we can see in text) sent by Fate they call him Cains son and a devil, which came to punish the people. Grendel is darkness and Beowulf is light this tension between dark and light is repeated in the text several(prenominal) times. Although Grendel came, expecting plentiful meat, It was his fate that he eat no more of the race of men after that night. Grendel is called Grendel, Hells friend, immortals enemy (Beowulf)Beowulf kills Grendel being a Fate instrument The end of Grendels disembodied spirit was miserable, and he would travel far into the hands of fiends. Grendel, the foe of God, who had long tumultuous the spirits of men with his crimes, found that his body could not st and against the hand grip of that warrior. (Beowulf)When Beowulf embodies good, Grendel embodies evil. Grendel and Daghrevn (lets compare with English dark raven) it indicates the genuine essence of Daghrevn. Remember that in middle age Northern poetics raven is a symbol of trouble and Fate (Hamilton, M.P, p.113). And when Beowulf kills Daghrevn it embodies the new stage in the life of Beowulf stage of struggle with Fate. In case killing of Grendel is necessity, killing of dragon has element of chance. Mystical power of Daghrevn is higher then even Grendels mother had, so here is the Fate.The destiny of Beowulf is decided after he killed dragon from now on the instrument of fate is not Beowulf- it is dragon, who (how it was repeated not once, from stiff point of view) was right. But Beowulf also was right. So, Beowulf acts from the God, and dragon from the Fate (Blackburn, F.A, p.45). But, because Fate is a divine justice, both Beowulf and dragon die. In another case it would be that the God had contradictions with himself, it means, with his instrument the Fate, which is immanent to him. Continuum is stabilized. The God is united with his divine instrument the Fate.Works CitedAnonymous, Beowulf Klaeber, F.R. ed. D.C. Heath & Co. 1950.Hamilton, M.P. The Religious Principle in An Anthology of Beowulf Criticism. University of Notre Dame Press. 1963.Blackburn, F.A. The Christian Colouring in the Beowulf in An Anthology of Beowulf Criticism. University of Notre Dame Press. 1963.