Verdict+Dean

The following statement, "The world and everything in it is unplanned accident, existence is meaningless; the past is irrelevant; nothing matters," was disproved in the trial. Position 1 failed to prove the statement above, and position 2 successfully falsified the declaration. Dragon, the witness of the position 1, claims to know everything in the world, including past, present, and future. However, lawyer from position 2 falsified by asking why was the gold stolen if he knew everything. Moreover, what the dragon said contradicts himself. He claimed nothing matters, but he got overly furious when the gold was stolen. The dragon was not able to clearly rebuke those important questions. For Grendel, his arguments were not convincing either. He repeated that everything is unplanned accident, and that the fact he slipped on blood was an accident. This point is later falsified by the witnesses from position 2. He also said that he was happy when the strangers came because he expected to die. However, this shows that he does not understand his character; he was happy because he was bored, and thought the strangers will make him more interesting. Moreover, Grendel also contracted himself because he ran away from Beowulf when his arm was torned off. Why would he run away when he was happy to die? For position 2, the witnesses were able to disprove the statement above. Unferth told that life is meaningful for the hero, and heroism makes live important. Beowulf was also able to explain that existence is meaningful and past is relevant. Beowulf argued his life was meaningful because he was the hero and king of the Geats. This successfully disproves that life is meaningless because Beowulf was important figure to the people. He also justified killing Grendel by stating that life is important, and because Grendel killed other lives, killing Grendel will prevent further murders.   Ork and Shaper successfully proved that everything matters and they are important. Shaper stated that "Ultiamte wisdom, I have come to perceive, lies in the perception that the solemnity and grandeur of the universe rise through the slow process of unification in which the diversities of existence are utilised, and nothing, nothing is lost." The cause-and-effect theory also falsifies Grendel's unplanned accident theory because this proves that the cause of him slipping on blood is that he killed the man; have not he killed the man, he would not have slipped on blood during battle. Because of overwhelming logic and reasons behind, the position 2 overcame position 1.