Plot Beowulf's plot is complex and there were two stories that branched off. The first one was Hrothgar's ancestors and family and the second one is the story sung by the court poet after Beowulf defeated Grendel. The movement of the plot was rapid, the epic is short and many things happen in one chapter. The plot is linear, it started with Grendel, who hunts Herot and ends with Beowulf returning to his home and battling a dragon. It doesn't employ suspense by breaking the action at a critical point, it was always focused on the battles and no flashbacks occurred while the battles are occurring. The plot is improbable, there was a demon Grendel and his mother, a dragon, and Beowulf whose strength is inhuman. The inciting forces include the joy in the mead-hall, Herot, which angered Grendel, and the thief who stole a gem-studded cup from the dragon. The turning point of the epic was when Beowulf had went home in Geatland and had to defeat a dragon, his hardest challenge yet. It is a "closed" plot because it was focused on Beowulf and he dies at the end. The sequel of the story is unlikely as it is an old epic. The basic conflict of the story is Man vs. Supernatural because of Grendel's attacks at Herot and Beowulf's actions to defeat these demons and the dragon. There is another conflict which was Man vs. Society. This one was Unferth's who hates and gets angry at anyone that had ever acquired glory and fame greater than his own. The basic conflict was solved because Beowulf had heard Hrothgar's problems and he decided to solve it for him. When Beowulf was home, he also defeated the dragon with Wiglaf. However, this lead to his death. Style Author's general style is that it was written as an epic. It had 3182 lines. The style had individuality because the author used a lot of kennings which gave in-depth meaning to the words. Kennings are poetic synonyms found in Germanic poems. Examples include ring-locked, ring-giver, wolf-dens, swift