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Courage Quotes In Beowulf

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Beowulf’s Courage
In the epic poem Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, the main character Beowulf displays his courage throughout the whole story, defeating monsters left and right.
Beowulf first displays his courage during his fight with the evil monster Grendel. In the poem, Beowulf challenges the beast to dual and says that he will fight him with no weapon and armor to show his courage. “No weapons, therefore,/ for either this night: unarmed he shall face me if face me he dares” (Heaney 683-685). This shows how much courage beowulf has because he is fighting a descendent from cain and is taking him on without any weapons and armor. Secondly, Beowulf does not hesitat for one second and takes on the beast without any help, this shows how courages the hero is. “He was bearing in/ where he lay on the bed: he was bearing in/ wiht open claw when the alert hero’s/ comeback and armlock forestolled him utterly” (764-750). Beowulf then defeats the evil monster grendel by tearing off his arm and killing the beast. In the poem the poeple are celebrating over this victory while Beowulf is dissapointed in himself because he thinks that it would be better if he had the head of the beast rather than the arm. “If you could have seen the monster himself/ where he lay beaten, I would have been better pleased” (960-961). Beowulf does not realise that he was the only one who could defeat this monster and no one else could because they do not have the courage.
Beowulf is called once again to prove his courage.In order to prove his courage, he must defeat the mother of Grendel. In the peom Beowulf shows off his courage by saying that it is always better to seek for revenge instead of being sorrow and depressed.”Wise sir, do not greive. It is always better/ to avenge dear ones than to indulge in the mourning” (1384-1385). Beowulf’s courage is too massive to be upset about the death of his friend and, he would rather seek for revenge to avenge the fallen friend. Secondly, Beowulf jumps right into the lake of the the mothers den. “He dived into the heaving/ depths of the lake” (1494-1495). Beowulf does not care if there is monster in the lake he is only seeking for revenge and nothing will stop him. Last of all, Beowulf is not scared when

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