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Beowulf
The call to Adventure
Beowulf heard the call to adventure when he heard about Hrothgars problems with grendall
He ordered a boat that would ply the waves. He announced his plan to sail the Swan's road and search out that king, the famous prince who needed defenders. Nobody tried to keep him from going, no elder denied him, dear as he was to them. Instead, they inspected omens and spurred his ambition to go whilst he moved about like the leader he was, enlisting men, the best he could find; with fourteen others the warrior boarded the boat as captain, a canny pilot along coast and currents.
Beowulf l. 198-209
Rescue from without
Wiglaf helps Beowulf fight the dragon.
The Crossing of the First Threshold
Supernatural Aid
I well know the things he has done for us deserve better. Should he alone be left exposed to fall in battle? We must bond together, shield and helmet, mail-shirt,and sword. Beowulf l. 2656-2660
When Beowulf goes across the ocean and wants to fight Grendel
With fourteen others the warrior boarded the boat as captain, a canny pilot along coasts and currents. Time went by, the boat was on water, in close under the cliffs.
Beowulf l. 207-211
Beowulfs Supernatural Aid is that Beowulf has super strength.
And the Geat placed complete trust in his strength of limb and the Lord's favour. He began to remove his iron breast-mail, took off the helmet and handed his attendant the patterned sword, a smith's masterpiece, ordering him to keep the equipment guarded.
Beowulf l. 669-674
Refusal of the Call
There was no refusal of the call, nobody tried to stop him.
Apotheosis
Master of the two Worlds
Nobody tried to keep him from going, no elder denied him, dear as he was to them.
Beowulf l. 202-203
Beowulf brings back Grendel's head.
Grendel's head was hauled by the hair, dragged across the floor where the people were drinking.
Beowulf L. 1647-1648
Beowulf is the master of the danes and geats
The Belly of the Whale
The belly of the whale is when Beowulf fights Grendel.
So, the geat people, his hearth companions , sorrowed for the man that had been laid low. They said all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame. Beowulf l. 3178-3182
Recognition by the Father
The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth. Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. He was desperate to flee to his den and hide
with the devils litter, for in all his days
he had never been clamped or cornered like this.Then Hygelac's trusty retainer recalled
his bedtime speech, sprang t0 his feet
and got a hold. Fingers were bursting,
For the monster back-tracking , the man overpowering. The dread of the land was desperate to escape, to take a roundabout mad and flee t0 his lair in the fans. The latching power in his fingers weakened; it was the worst trip the terror-monger had taken t0 Herot. Beowulf L. 749-765
Whenever Beowulf kills Grendel's mother.
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 deep into her neck-bone, and severed it entirely, toppling the doomed house of her flesh; she fell to the floor. The sword dripped blood, the swordsman was elated.
Beowulf L. 1563-1569
The Road of Trials
Beowulf has to fight Grendel and Grendel's mother to prove himself to Hrothgar and Unferth.
Now I mean to be a match for Grendel, settle the outcome in a single combat. Beowulf L. 425-426
The Crossing of the Return Threshold
Wiglaf and Beowulf kill the Dragon.
Refusal of the Return
Once again the king gathered his strength and drew a stabbing knife he carried on his belt, sharpened for battle. He stuck it deep into the dragon's flank. Beowulf dealt it a deadly wound. They had the killed the enemy, courage quelled his life; the pair of kinsman, partners in nobility,had destroyed the foe.
Beowulf l. 2702-2708
At first Beowulf Does not want to fight the dragon but then he realizes that he has to.
Freedom to Live
His mind was in turmoil, unaccustomed anxiety and gloom confused his brain; the fire-dragon had rased the coastal region and reduced forts and earthworks to dust and ashes, so the war-king planned and plotted his revenge. Beowulf l. 2331-2335
Beowulf is a Hero and will never be forgotten and will not regret his past.
The meeting with the Goddess
They said all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame. Beowulf l. 3180-3182
The meeting of The Goddess is when Beowulf finds a sword to use against Grendel's mother.
Then he saw a blade that boded well, a sword in her armoury, an ancient heirloom from the days of the giants, an ideal weapon, one that any warrior would envy, but so huge and envy of itself only Beowulf could wield it in a battle. Beowulf l. 1557-1562
The Ultimate Boon
The Magic Flight
The ultimate boon is when Beowulf has killed Grendel and Grendel's mother.
Beowulf decides to fight the dragon.
The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth. Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. He was desperate to flee to his den and hidewith the devils litter, for in all his dayshe had never been clamped or cornered like this.Then Hygelac's trusty retainer recalledhis bedtime speech, sprang t0 his feet and got a hold. Fingers were bursting, For the monster back-tracking , the man overpowering. The dread of the land was desperate to escape, to take a roundabout mad and flee t0 his lair in the fans. The latching power in his fingers weakened; it was the worst trip the terror-monger had taken t0 Herot. Beowulf L. 749-765
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 deep into her neck-bone, and severed it entirely, toppling the doomed house of her flesh; she fell to the floor. The sword dripped blood, the swordsman was elated.
Beowulf L. 1563-1569
But I shall be meeting molten venom in the fire he breathes, so i go forth in mail-shirt and shield. Beowulf L. 2522-2524