The Scandinavian poem Beowolf deals with events of the early 6th century and was composed around 700-750. He gains fame and confidence by killing the monster Grendel and Grendels mother. Later in the poem, he kills a dragon but dies soon after. The hero from Geatland, Beowulf gets word of a monster. He decides to answer the trouble and begins his journey to the monster. Grendle, who is the definition of evil is harassing the king known as Hrothgar and his beloved people. Beowulf comes to help Hrothgar, even though he doesn't know of him. Beowulf shows his selflessness and how he is ready to help. He shows bravery and courage by eventually killing Grendle. He once again shows his selflessness by also killing Grendles mother with his bare hands. “As his words ended he leaped into the lake, would not wait for anyone’s, anyone’s answer…” (lines 467-468) Beowulf traveled for hours on hours to get to the home of Grendles mother, then persevered the tiredness by swimming for even longer to get to Grendles mother. He once again shows his courage and bravery knowing …show more content…
He does only what he knows and that's to protect his people, so he takes on the dragon. During the battle, his courage is at its peak and the epic really shows that. He has aged and the dragon is much more powerful than him but he doesn’t back down. “None of his comrades came to him, helped him, his brave and noble followers: they ran for their lives…” (lines 708-710) The soldiers abandoned Beowulf because they were to scared. Therefore leaving him alone to fight the monster. Except there was one soldier that stuck with him, and his name was Wiglaf. He shows his loyalty and bravery to his King. They work together to kill the monster but Beowulf sustained an injury. Due to the injury, Wiglaf was named the King of Geatland for being loyal and honorable to