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…showed last 75 words of 535 total…even setting a foot outside their own homes. Once Beowulf defeated the evil dragon the people found the great treasure that the beast once protected. Days later the great hero died from his battle wounds with the monster. The story of Beowulf is an epic because his actions and decisions determined the fate of a group of people, the story contained involved supernatural beasts and evil, and himself as the hero, performed many courageous tasks.