How Is Beowulf An Epic Hero

Have you ever heard about a story of an epic hero? Beowulf is a poem written by Burton Raffel, which narrates the story of how Beowulf becomes a hero in every human being’s heart. Beowulf is a powerful people with strong muscle. In order to protect the village, which is plundered by the monster Grendel. Many warriors followed Beowulf to the village and began to fight with Grendel. Although they defeated the monster, Grendel’s mother threw down the challenge again in order to revenge for her son. However, Beowulf is brave that no matter how fierce the war is, he always stands out and fights with courageous. Therefore, fighting in any kinds of war to protect the world, Beowulf is courageous in everyone’s mind.
Beowulf protects the village with grittiness. When the villagers met the problems, Beowulf took a hazardous journey to Herot with the warriors and they never stopped or had a rest.“To escape him, searched for rest in different beds, as far from Herot as they could find, seeing how Grendel hunted when they slept.”(line 54-56) The warriors even worked at night to fight with the killer in this village. Also, ensure the villager’s safety is much more important than Beowulf himself. He guided the warriors how to act and

In other words, Beowulf and the warriors waited for their enemies in the hidden areas and didn’t want to miss any opportunities to fight against the monsters.“Stalked Hrothgar’s warriors, old and young, lying in waiting, hidden in mist, invisibly following them from the edge of the marsh, always there, unseen.”(line 75-78) Everyone was well-prepared for the fight because others can’t find them obviously. Moreover, Beowulf never escaped the dangerous and he used the appropriate way to fight with Grendel. Only the people who have the ambition to win the war or fight will at full cock before the fight begin. Beowulf is a person who is confident to vanquish the