Thursday, October 9, 2014

In the epic Beowulf, what large event happens fifty years into Beowulf's reign?

Concerning Beowulf, I believe your
question refers to Beowulf's battle with the dragon and his resulting
death. 


Beowulf performs his last great feat by killing the
dragon that has been plaguing his people.  In the process of doing so he himself is
killed.  Of course, being an epic poem, the hero, Beowulf, has time to give a speech
before he dies. 


He asks his loyal subject--the only one to
stick by him during the battle with the dragon--to build a tower to serve as a beacon
for sailors and a remembrance of Beowulf. 


Beowulf's
killing of the dragon and his resulting death are the major events that occur at the end
of Beowulf's reign. 

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