Dialectical Journal

Queen Modthryth represents a bad Queen. She killed men just for looking at her. She had a strange relationship with her father as her Lord. She represented evil until she was finally married away, which may represnt the fact that women are natrually evil until they are married to a man because men are "good". Modthrthy is also a dynamic character.

Pg. 159 Line 2345 "Yet the prince of the rings was too proud to line up with a large army against the sky-plague."
Beowulf had to much pride to let his men fight with him against the Dragon. He has accomplished so much on his own, won all of his battles by himself. Even though he is old and knows this will be his hardest battle and there is a good chance of his not surviving he still risks it for his pride and his reputation. He represents a good king.

The one man from Beowulf's army the stays while the others run away, and helps Beowulf kill the Dragon represents the theme of a Good Warrior. He is the only one that is loyal to Beowulf. The others run away which will give them a bad reputation. Afterward he is a son-like figure to Beowulf because he gives his armour to him and he becomes king which is what Beowulf's son would have gotten.

Beowulf is related to a figure of Jesus when he fights the Dragon. He sacrifices his life to save his people from the Dragon who is wreaking havoc on them.

Beowulf did not use a weapon against Grendal because Grendal was cursed and the weapons did not work on him. When Beowulf fought against Grendal's mother his sword failed him and he ended up using a magic sword he found in her lair. Then when he fought the Dragon, his sword failed him again. It was not powerful enough to pierce the dragons skin. This represents the failure of swords in the story. Possibly the reason why Beowulf's swords do not work is because he is blessed by god and not meant to use weapons because god has to weapons but himself.