“I have heard moreover that the monster scorns
in his reckless way to use weapons;
therefore, to heighten Hygelac’s fame
and gladden his heart, I hereby renounce
sword and the shelter of the broad shield,
the heavy war-board: hand-to-hand
is how it will be, a life-and-death
fight with the fiend. Whichever one death fells
must deem it a just judgement by God.”
Beowulf, Norton, Lines 433-441 Page 13
Death to be predetermined idea that God has control of and only he can say how long you will be in this world. There seems to be no alternative way of thinking because in a sense even the fate of demons was up to God since he as the one to condemn them. It kind of makes it an unfair advantage for normal people because they won’t become demons most likely because it states that demons are “fatherless” making it kind of impossible for a person in this world to become one. Demons have no way of redeeming themselves because God made it so.
