“Beowulf” References Essay

 Beowulf is rich in references to depute, which is set forth or as a armor of Creator and identical to forebode intent, or is shown as an independent force. Really, belief in Fate took uncreated place in before-Christian ideology of Germans. During the battle with Grendels mother, Fate as force unites with Fate as cleric 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 unavoidableness must (line 455).Beowulf believes in necessity and he challenges it when he comes to Chrodgar and asks him to give him honor to protect fortress from dickens Grendel, he tells that fate should judge and decide wholl stay alive. And if hell be killed, so this is fate. He says about fate also when he remembers his oppose with Brecca, where they wanted to find out who is the better swimmer, when they swam for 5 days, and then deep in thought(p) each other in the sea a sea lusus naturae atta cked him, but again, fate saved Beowulf by his own words Fate often 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 fellow traveler he could kill Grendel by sword, but he wanted to pull through 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 soft this tension between dark and light is repeated in the text several times. Although Grendel came, expecting plentiful meat, It was his fate that he eat no more of the race of men after(prenominal) that night. Grendel is called Grendel, Hells friend, beau ideals enemy (Beowulf)Beowulf kills Grendel universe a Fate instrument The end of Grendels life was  miserable, and he would travel  far into the hands of fiends. Grendel, the foe of God, who had  long troubled the enliv en of men with his crimes, found that  his body could non stand against the hand comprehend of that warrior. (Beowulf)When Beowulf embodies good, Grendel embodies evil. Grendel and Daghrevn (lets compare with English dark prey) it indicates the echt 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 cleanup spot of Grendel is necessity, killing of calculus has element of chance. Mystical power of Daghrevn is higher then scour 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 formal 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.