The document summarizes key characters from Beowulf including Hrothgar the king, Welthow the queen, Beowulf the hero, and Grendel and his mother as monsters. It discusses the time period and Scandinavian setting of the story and notes some inaccuracies in how characters like Grendel's mother were portrayed in a movie adaptation compared to the original poem. The monsters represent evil and Beowulf represents good in battling them.