Beowulf returns to Herot, the mead hall, and becomes King. Jump ahead many years, and the sins of the father are visited upon Beowulf and his kingdom. The hero must face his weakness and be heroic ...

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And when the guests were asleepGrendel rose from the deepGreedy and grim, gruesome and tallHe attacked and ransackedHrothgar’s mead hall ... Sure enough, as Beowulf saidJust that very ...

Hrothgar - King of the Danes - builds a mead hall called Heorot but comes under attack from a monster called Grendel. Beowulf, a prince of Geatland, hears of the Danes’ suffering and sails to ...