FREE ESSAY ON LETTER TO HEOROHULF(BEOWOLF)

LETTER TO HEOROHULF(BEOWOLF)

Dear Heorohulf,
I, Gerogar, son of Heorogar, your cousin, send you word of bad news. I am writing this
letter to you so that someone may know the ills that have fallen upon this village if the
present events do not change. Much has happened from the time that you visited last and
wish there to be an account of what happened to this village if I am not able to tell you
in person.
The ill that has fallen on this town is a terrible monster. The people of the village had
heard stories of this demon creature, but everything we were told about it indicated the
creature had been long banished. If this was the case, the monster escaped it banishment
and is now plaguing this village with many evils. The monster to which I refer is the
terrible Grendel that has its evil ways retold in songs from our past.
When Grendel reappeared most of us could not believe the stories that a messenger
described about the creature. They took place outside of the town in a region that no one
ever visited. Believe me cousin, the stories about this creature are true and now Grendel
comes and attacks the village were I live. One night Grendel attacked a company of the
best guards while they were asleep. He killed many of them and took thirty of there
bodies back to his liar were we assume they were his feast. The tragedy that falls on us
does not stop at this one night. One night later he return to the village and the body
count was much higher this time; Grendel showed no mercy. 
The fear in this country is great while we wait for Grendel's next coming, but we will
not flee for we are not cowards. We do have hope on the horizon. Our leader has sent word
to a foreign land and requested the aid of the Beowulf, the Geat. Days we have waited for
his arrival and I am hoping he will arrive before Grendel returns. If he fails to get
here in time I believe that everything here will be destroyed, everyone here will be
killed. This letter is also to serve as a notice to you that if I should die, all my
lands go to you, my closest kin.
Cousin, I can not spend anymore time on this letter because my village must make
preparations for Grendel's return. I wish that I could have made this longer for there is
much that we can discuss from our past victories. Remember this village is songs as being
brave and not just a village wiped out by monsters. If we do not met again in this life
then, then I look forward to seeing you in the next.
Your cousins,
Gerogar