In the story Beowulf, there are numerous moments of heroic actions. Although there are manycharacters that are looked upon as evil, Beowulf is not one of those. Beowulf demonstrates many heroic traits throughout the story such as strong-willingness and self-determination, strength and admiration, and honest, and for these reasons, I believe he should be classified as a hero.The majority of the time, heroes are very strong-willed and can push their selves to do what is best. Oftentimes they do not need someone to tell them they need to do something and they do notusually need someone to follow behind them to make sure they are making the good decision. Regardless of the circumstance, “his spirit did not break and the ancestral blade would keep its edge”(Beowulf …show more content…
This shows how fearless and unbreakable Beowulf was. The quote literally says hisspirit would not break, meaning no matter how hard he was pushed, there would always be a fight still left in him.Beowulf shows many other heroic characteristics by demonstrating insane amounts of strength.He is relayed as very strong because “nor have I seen a mightier man-at-arms on this earth than the one standing here; unless I am mistake, he is truly noble” (Beowulf 244-251). Not only does his strengthmake him seem super awesome, but also the fact that he is admirable. People look up to him and thinkthe world of him, which is a very important characteristic of a hero. People talked highly of him through words such as “everybody said there was no honed iron hard enough to pierce through him” (Beowulf 979-989). This is inhuman because everyone knows that a sharp metal object would shoot straight through a human-being, but the story is exaggerated to make it seem as if he could withstand anything.Beowulf is also very honorable. He does not do things that put one person at a disadvantage and he makes sure that if he is going to fight a battle that it will be fought