Epic Hero Cycle

“Without more ado, he dived in to the heaving depths of the lake (lines 1493-1494).”

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“So the Shieldings’ hero, hard-pressed and enraged, took a firm hold of the hilt and swung the blade in an arc, a resolute blow that bit into her neck bone and severed it entirely, toppling the doomed house of her flesh; she fell to the floor (lines 1563-1568).”

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“When a warrior is gone, that will be his best and only bulwark. So arise, my lord, and let us immediately set forth on the trail of this troll-dam (lines 1388-1391).”

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“Seek it if you dare. I will compensate you for settling the feud as I did last time with lavish wealth, coffers of coiled gold, if you come back (lines 1379-1382).”

“The keen, inlaid, worm-looped-patterned steel was hurled to the ground: he would have to rely on the might of his arm (lines 1523-1534).”

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“The warrior determined to take revenge for every gross act Grendel had committed-- and not only for that one occasion when he’d come to slaughter the sleeping troops, fifteen of Hrothgar’s house-guards surprised on their benches and ruthlessly devoured, and as many again carried away, a brutal plunderer (lines 1577-1584).”

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“The son of Ecgtheow would surely have perished and the Geats lost their warrior under the wide earth had the strong links and locks of his war-gear not helped to save him: Holy God decided the victory (lines 1550-1554).”

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“It was hard-fought, a desperate affair that could have gone badly; if God had not helped me, the outcome would have been quick and fatal (lines 1555-1558).”

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“The gallant man could see he had entered some hellish turn-hole and yet the water did not work against him because the hall-roofing held off the force of the current; then he saw firelight, a gleam and flare-up, a glimmer of brightness (lines 1512-1517).”

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“The forest paths were marked all over with the monster’s tracks, her trail on the ground wherever she had gone across the dark moors…(lines 1402-1405).”

“The sure-footed fight fell daunted, the strongest of warriors stumbled and fell (lines 1543-1544).”

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“But the mesh of chain-mail on Beowulf’s shoulder shielded his life, turned the edge and tip of the blade. The son of Ecgtheow would surely have perished...(lines 1547-1550).”

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“Was hurled to the ground: he would have to rely on the might of his arm. So must a man do who intends to gain enduring glory in a combat (lines 1533-1536).”

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“From the days of the giants, an ideal weapon, one that any warrior would envy, but so huge and heavy in itself only Beowulf could wield it in battle. So the Shieldings’ hero, hard-pressed and enraged, took a firm hold of the hilt and swung the blade in an arc, a resolute blow that bit into her neck bone and severed it entirely, toppling the doomed house of her flesh; she fell to the floor (lines 1559-1568).”

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“Grendel’s head was hauled by the hair, Dragged across the floor where people were drinking, a horror for both queen and company to behold (lines 1647-1649).”

“I have wrested the hilt from the enemies’ hand, avenged the evil done to the Danes; it is what was due (lines 1668-1670).”

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