s suffering in Hell. As Beowulf faces the dragon, he also faces the inescapable will of God, and he ultimately gives in to Gods great plan. As Chickering says, We cannot tell what God has stored up for us; we must bear the reversals of fortune precisely because God rules over mankind (Chickering 276). Many different critics have seen this poem as being written by an unknown Christian poet, because of the overwhelming use of Christian allegory. The poet uses Beowulf to represent goodness and light, and Grendel to represent evil and darkness. Beowulf is looked at as a hero because of his deeds and faith that God would bring him through any difficulty. Grendel, on the other hand, was destined to be evil, because of who he descended from. W.F. Bolton says, [Beowulfs] sacrificial death is not seen as tragic, but as the fitting end of a good ( some would say too good) heros life (Bolton 1)....
