Moral Essay
.... Now Grendel’s mother did not stir much chaos among the Danes, but she was grieving over her son’s death. As an angry, raging mother, she attacked the mead-hall and took Hrothgars advisor Aeschere. Along with Hrothgars consultant, she took Beowulf’s arm off the wall. Grendel’s mother was also considered malevolent; she lived in a cave in Oates 2 the bottom of the swamp. Her home was a grotto deep underground, which was thought to be like hell. Beowulf swims downward in the mire for a day until he got to the bottom of it and saw the entrance to the cave. Beowulf gets into this big brawl with Grendel’s mom and he also is swatted at by the sea-monsters in the bottom of the swamp. Beowulf is dragged into the cave and he just cannot match the strength of the irate mother. But he sees a sword fit to kill a giant and grabs it off the wall. Beowulf decapitates Grendel’s mother’s head with the sword and she dies. He then sees Grendel's dead body lying in the corner, so to get revenge he decapitates Grendel and takes his head with him. From above the quagmire, the Danes were watching awaiting Beowulf’s return. They all lost faith and thought that Beowulf was dead when they saw the marsh fill with blood from the bottom. They all left, doubting that Beowulf was still living, but one person stayed at the swamp and waited for Beowulf because he still believed. Not too long after everyone else left Beowulf emerged from the swamp with Grendel’s cranium. Once again Beowulf did what no other man had done, he saved the people from another evil. He was celebrated even more as an even greater hero amongst the Danes. Presently, President Bush thought that he could save the Iraqis from the evil ways of Sadaam Hussein. President Bush thought that Hussein was evil because he ran a dictatorship. The Iraqis had no rights what so ever. Sadaam and his group of leading officials ran the whole country. Sadaam did not only restrict his people from having any personal civil liberties, he punished them viciously. If one person disobeyed his law they would be sent to jail. While in jail they would suffer from capitol punishment, savage beatings and psychological punishment. They were forced to live in dirty confinements, Oates 3 which were infested with who-knows what. So President Bush got this idea that if Sadaam Hussein was removed from power his evil ways would be gone. President Bush believed that he was guarding the Iraqis and keeping them safe from Sadaam’s wickedness. Lastly, many people believe that their God will keep them safe from evil and guard them. This mor...