<P> The final act of the Anglo - Saxon poem Beowulf is about the hero Beowulf 's fight with a dragon , the third monster he encounters in the epic . On his return from Heorot , where he killed Grendel and Grendel 's mother , Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules peacefully for fifty winters until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair in order to gain freedom from killing his brother . When the angry dragon mercilessly burns the Geats ' homes and lands , Beowulf decides to fight and kill the monster personally . He and his thanes climb to the dragon 's lair where , upon seeing the beast , the thanes flee in terror , leaving only Wiglaf to battle at Beowulf 's side . When the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally , Wiglaf slays it . </P>
<P> The final act of the Anglo - Saxon poem Beowulf is about the hero Beowulf 's fight with a dragon , the third monster he encounters in the epic . On his return from Heorot , where he killed Grendel and Grendel 's mother , Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules peacefully for fifty winters until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair in order to gain freedom from killing his brother . When the angry dragon mercilessly burns the Geats ' homes and lands , Beowulf decides to fight and kill the monster personally . He and his thanes climb to the dragon 's lair where , upon seeing the beast , the thanes flee in terror , leaving only Wiglaf to battle at Beowulf 's side . When the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally , Wiglaf slays it . </P>
what happens in the battle between beowulf and the dragon
what happens in the battle between beowulf and the dragon
the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally Wiglaf slays it
the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally Wiglaf slays it