Title: Character of Beowulf Category:Literature / English Details: Words: 275 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Character of Beowulf
The Character of Beowulf
Beowulf is a truly unique character in the realm of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Two main traits that make him stand out are his assertiveness and his yearning for fame. Beowulf shows incredible courage and confidence by slaying both Grendel and his mother. Grendel was very fierce, yet Beowulf never doubted that he could not defeat him. Beowulf used the element of surprise and his great strength to defeat the ogre, Grendel. Beowulf also showed great bravery when he swam through the mere …showed first 85 words of 275 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 275 total…Heorot to add to his reputation. He has already achieved prior fame by killing a tribe of giants and defending his homeland (418).
Reputation is a key theme in the poem, and killing enemies often achieves it. Beowulf wants to be the “ knight in shining armor” to the Danes. He is a young warrior, perhaps conceited, but nonetheless courageous.
Beowulf comes to the land of the Danes seeking fame, and will stop at nothing to achieve it, even in old age. He is a true hero.
