“Beowulf” is an epic poem written in a period of instability and continuos warring. This poem entails one of the most common themes in the history of the world, good verses evil. This theme is one that the human race has searched very long to find the answer to. Religion, morality, law, social standing, and each individual world view what is good and what is evil. In this poem the protagonist or the hero was …showed first 75 words of 507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 507 total…or evil is that each person has his or her own worldview. Many times they fail to see the truth at face value. This diminishes the intellectual and entertaining aspects of “Beowulf”. Just as in science there is no absolute truth. They only way to tackle this concept is to be able to see both sides without bias. This epic did not once touch upon the aspects of the reasons for Grendel’s savage attacks.