The ancient bed-time story, Beowulf, captures the essence of the Anglo-Saxon time period and incorporates ideas of the super natural. A story combined with good and evil fighting till death. A death both good and evil will welcome due to the extreme loyalty both creatures have.

Many reflections of the Anglo-Saxon period are shown within the story of Beowulf. The main reflection is the life of the warrior. Protection is needed from the risk of invaders in England hence stories of warriors seemed to be more attractive than stories of romance or love. Horror and bravery are the focus of the story Beowulf. The Anglo-Saxons worship two main gods; Odin, the god of death, poetry and magic and Thor, the god of war and protector of each warrior's eternal resting spot and treasure. Later monks added Christianity to the stories as they were being recorded. The Christan monks were first to take away from the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon's oral story telling.

From beginning to end, the story is filled with description and depth. In the episode, Beowulf hears of Grendel, descriptions such as the follow were easy on the eye of imagination. "on the waves under the cliffs and the warriors stood at the prow as the water wound against the sand. The word flow and variations in this story are very nice to follow as you read. During battles the descriptions were mind catching. Told with great detail of blood and horror. "but set about seizing a sleeping warrior unawares and bit into his bone locks,drinking the streams of blood,then swallowing huge morsels of flesh. Quickly he ate that man,even to his hands and feet." These words explain what horror Grendel has put on a man and this is how it unfortunately happened. But have no fear, Beowulf will save the day. Quickly Beowulf over powering Grendel scares the monster back to his lair.


"Ignorance is bliss" is not the case in Grendel. Poor Grendel was rised by a huge dragon mother. Of course he is a monster in the everyday person's life. Especially since Grendel meals were the people under Hrothgar reign. Hrothgar was bound to find a way to take back power. Little did Grendel know soon he would hang high within the walls of Herot.


The story of Beowulf has been and always will be a good classic story to read. Reading this story is very capturing and engages me into a time period every time I read it. From the way it was written to the references of the Anglo- Saxon time period, Beowulf is a stretch of the imagination. A stretch everyone should have.