| Carrying the hilt of the sword and Grendel's head, he presents them to Hrothgar upon his return to Heorot. |
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| Beowulf begins with the story of Hrothgar, who constructed the great hall Heorot for himself and his warriors. |
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| Beowulf, a young warrior from Geatland, hears of Hrothgar's troubles and with his king's permission leaves his homeland to assist Hrothgar. |
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| The next night, after celebrating Grendel's defeat, Hrothgar and his men sleep in Heorot. |
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| On being told to contact one Munia Postan in Cambridge, the policeman concluded that the law was being mocked and marched poor Hrothgar off to the police station. |
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| Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. |
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| Hrothgar advances Beowulf as the possible heir to the throne and strengthens the exogamic relations at the expense of his endogamic kinship bonds. |
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| The main protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot, is plagued by the monster Grendel. |
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| Hrothgar and his people, helpless against Grendel, abandon Heorot. |
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| The narrator's analeptic remarks foreshadow the future conflict that will arise between Hrothulf and Hrothgar that will eventually destroy Heorot. |
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