Braggadocio In Beowulf

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Throughout the story, Beowulf is a braggadocio in many ways. One way he acts boastful is when he publically displays the body part of a monster that he defeats in battle. Once Beowulf defeats Grendel, everyone can see hanging high “[f]rom the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster’s / Arm, claw and shoulder and all” (835-36). For Beowulf, Grendel’s arm is a trophy symbolizing his victory of defeating Grendel. Now, whenever anyone sees the arm they will remember how great Beowulf is because he kills Grendel. By making the arm a trophy, Beowulf can easily boast because he has a physical representation of his achievement and it leaves a legacy of how only he can kill the toughest monsters. Another way Beowulf acts like a braggadocio

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