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- Ordinary World
- Call to Adventure
- Refusal
- Beowulf is living at home as the best Geat warrior.
- Mentor/Helper
- Beowulf heard stories of a monster known as Grendel, who was haunting the warriors of Heorot. Over twelve years, Grendel killed more than 30 of King’ Hrothgar’s men.
- Crossing the Threshold
- Beowulf could not refuse the plight of King Hrothgar, so he gathered his best men and set off for Denmark.
- Tests, Allies, & Enemies
- King Hrothgar becomes Beowulf’s mentor, though his influence is not seen at first. Beowulf uses the incident with Grendel as a guide when he becomes king. Through Hrothgar, Beowulf learns that a king who cannot fight is useless to his people.
- The crossing of the Thresworld is when Beowulf and his army travel over the ocean to Geatland to fight Grendel.
- Beowulf battles Grendel, and outsmarts the monster; he takes Grendel’s arm as a trophy, mortally wounding him. Later, he also battles the swamp hag and the dragon. An important ally against the dragon is Wiglaf.
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