Beowulf

The fight

Beowulf is an epic poem, written in old english, and next translated in today's english.
The poem talks about the deeds of a Scandinavian prince, called Beowulf, who travels a lot to prove his strength. He kills three monsters: Grendel, the men-eating monster, Grendel's mother and a dragon.
When he kills the dragon he dies, and borns the legend of a hero-warrior.
The monster represents the evils of the society, and the hero the virtues that people should have, for example, courage, loyalty and so on.

First it was oral, then it was written in verses, and there are a lot of alliterations, the use of images and repetitions.