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y of the crucifixion in a figurative manner. Beowulf is the only Anglo-Saxon epic that survived, translated by Seamus Heaney. Tolkien wrote the defence of monsters in Beowulf. Heaneys translation is recommended. In the first part Beowulf is a warrior and in the second, a King. As a Geatish warrior, Beowulf is a soldier and he fights in accordance with rules of honour. The first part deals with the king of Danes, Hengest. He becomes the lord, the king, and there comes the problem: a monster appears which comes at night and does not offer any chance of a fair fight to those that oppose him (not to mention that he was resistant to weapons) Beowulf decides to fight the monster for fame and exercise of his skills. The motif that dominates in the text is FATE or WEIRD, there is no escaping the FATE. We can only fight it. Moreover, there is no afterlife. (Grendel, it is important to remember it as the name of the first monster in English literature). He gets killed, but the problem is that he has a mother, which wants to take revenge on Beowulf. Beowulf is given a treasure in reward: lands and a promise of peace between Danes and Geats. When the dragon appears, Beowulf wants to kill the dragon to defend his people, as he is responsible for his people. Most of the attending knights flee, but they will from thence live in infamy. Grendel represents earth, his mother water (she lives in water), Dragon breathes fire and flies so we have four elements. It may be said that Beowulf fights his FATE, so because he was the greatest of the kings, he fights the dragon, because only the greatest of the kings can fight a dragon. The text is about an ideal warrior and king who fights mythical monsters; and things he fights prove his greatness, for only the best of kings could be a dragon slayer. For not everyone is given a chance to fight dragons. Beowulf is a sort of battle narrative. And it is a text about what makes a great warrior. It is fame that remains after a warriors death, so it was highly commendable at that time to fight for sake of fame, to make ones name. Fate and Weird in case of Macbeth, Weird Sisters change the meaning of the whole play, if we ask a question if Macbeth was responsible for his fate. There may be two answers, but if we say that he was, we must assume that it was only his choice and that the witches only presented the possibility. But if we look at the word WEIRD Sisters, we have our answer, it is that he was not, since it was his FATE, one that he could not change or deny.