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Beowulf, without a doubt, accurately presents the symolism in the battle of good verses evil. Sense biblical times, stories have been written portraying a well respected, heroic figure defending his people, as well as himself against wickedness, and all that immortality entails. In most cases the good conquer the inferior. Justice is served. Whether the situation involved a horrific fight or loss of a character, the reader is pleased with the almost always predictable notion …

…held back after Grendel tour the geat to shreds. Grendel, too, stopped is his tracks and could not move. They both believed they could defeat another. Grendel’s immediate reaction was to run to his mother crying. This is juvenile, also cute. It lets us see a softer side to Grendel, of which could not be imagined before. Beowulf’s reaction was to run off and brag, also juvenile. Both seem immature at these times.