Part 1 of Essay
“Arm yourself, dear Beowulf, best of men, against such diseased thinking,” [l419-1420] Horthgar said ot Beowulf. King Hrothgar had many thoughts to say after Beowulf’s defeat of both Grendel and Grendel’s mother. In that celebration in the mead hall, Hrothgar gives advice on how Beowulf should liv ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... If arrogance gets into a person, it will grow deep into his or her soul. As a person becomes arrogant and greedy, he relies upon worldly possessions. He metaphorically compares it to an archer shooting an arrow through a watchman, watching its poisoned shaft go through the watchman’s helmet, not being able to resist the devil’s treacherous temptations. He realizes how much he has, then he gets a taste for more and more material possessions. All of this leads to that person not realizing what ....