Odysseus confronts monstrous, flesh-eating immortals in Homer’s Odyssey, among them, the Sirens and Scylla in Book XII. Beowulf engages in battles with Grendel, his mother, and the dragon, enemies of God and humankind in Beowulf. Demonstrate that Odysseus’ encounters with these immortals is the result of one god’s personal grievance against him, while Beowulf’s battles represent the forces of good fighting the forces of evil, where the hero-warrior is the last line of defense in this universal struggle.
