ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -There are three important battles between Grendel and Beowulf, Grendel’s mother and Beowulf, and the dragon and Beowulf, which are the main events in the book.

Detailed explanation-2: -The final act of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf includes Beowulf’s fight with a dragon, the third monster he encounters in the epic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dragon is a mighty and glamorous opponent, an appropriate match for Beowulf. The dragon is so well suited to bring about Beowulf’s downfall, in fact, that some readers have seen it as a symbolic representation of death itself: the unique, personal end that awaits every person.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Beowulf the ‘draca’ [dragon] is also described as a ‘wyrm’ [serpent].

Detailed explanation-5: -Prologue. Part One: Beowulf and Grendel. Part Two: Beowulf and Grendel’s Mother. Part Three: Beowulf and the Dragon.