The Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is a piece written hundreds of years ago in what is considered old English. It was first an oral tail that was then translated onto paper. This story has many cases of strong morals, courage of heroes and the forces of good and evil. The poem is a prime example of the morals and personality that people had in the early Scandinavian ages. The qualities of the Anglo-Saxon time period are very clear in the book. Many of these are based upon real life morals and a lot are mythological. When Beowulf went to fight the dragon he was prepared to die for his people and land. In these days’ death was better than defeat, “I risked my life often when I was young. Now I am old, but as king of the people I shall pursue this fight for the glory of winning” (Beowulf 2511). Towards the end of the book, the warriors show lots of morals of there time. When the fight was at its prime, Beowulf was struggling with theses creature and his men came to his aid, “For every one of us, living in this world means waiting for our end. Let whoever can win glory before death. When a warrior is gone, that will be his best and only bulwark" (1384-1389). Essentially dying is the least of there problems. The remarks stated in that example are the perfect depiction of the centuries message and lessons. In addition, the …show more content…
In society, particularly in Beowulf’s time, courage was essentially what determined your whole mentality as a person. Along with having courage, you should never take your strengths for granted, “Thus Beowulf bore himself with valour; he was formidable in battle yet behaved with honour and took no advantage” (2177-2179). Beowulf is a great warrior yet he is humble and that is why so many people adore him. In battle its always all in or you are not honorable. One needs to be okay with dying for ones land and be selfless for the people. When in a fight the thought of this warrior was, “Inspired