The Dragon In Raffel’s translation of Beowulf the dragon protects the men from what can deceive them, but takes away the one thing they have been deceived by. The Dragon plays a very important role in the epic. He is not like other dragons from the medieval time and protects a virgin up in a tower. What was the motive for a dragon supposedly protecting a virgin from getting rescued? The dragon that is …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…dragon is seen as a protector and a destroyer because of the gold that could have torn the country apart to the one man that protected the country’s heart. The dragon in all was more of a destroyer, not only did he destroy land and the man that protecting them. But, he destroyed all the people of the land, now that their great and wonderful Beowulf was now no longer there to protect them.