Hello. My name is Takuya Sakata. I would like to post about "Beowulf". "Beowulf" is a epic poem written by unknown author. Setting of the story is Denmark. The main character is hero Beowulf. He is from Geat, now is Sweden. In Demark, King Hrothgar enjoys his success and built mead-hall where warriors enjoy drinking. But these behavior made Grendel anger, who was demon lived in swamp. Grendel killed them and Danes are suffered. Hrothgar asked Beowulf to kill Grendel and killing was ended in success. After that, Grendel’s mother planned revenge for death of her son, Grendel. However, she was killed by Beowulf. As Denmark became happy, Beowulf returned his country. However, after that, his country suffers by war. Beowulf tried to fight for his country, Geat. But when the dragon bite his neck, he died. After death of Beowulf, according to his wish, he was buried in a place overlooking sea with treasure.
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