Why Beowulf Is Not Intimidated

Beowulf is an old Anglo-Saxon story of a terrifying monster Grendel, Grendel travels to the Danes mead hall Heorot and while the danes expect it least he attacks killing countless men purely for the joys of doing so. Hrothgar king of the Danes calls for a warrior to fight this unruly beast. After 12 long years of grendel attacking Hrothgar's calls are answered and the great warrior Beowulf comes to kill Grendel. Beowulf travels to the land of the Danes from across the seas and in the first night he kills Grendel. Sadly for Beowulf Grendel has a mother that now seeks revenge for her son's death and Beowulf is asked to kill Grendel’s mother as well. Beowulf goes to where Grendel’s mother is staying and battled her to the death , Beowulf wins

Beowulf sees Grendel's mother in a cave. He tries to hit her with his sword, Unferth's Hrunting, but it fails to pierce her skin. So he throws the sword away and attacks the mother with his bare hands. He trusts "in his strength, his mighty hand-grip." Beowulf manages to throw Grendel's mother down; however, she quickly retaliates and is soon sitting on top of him. She tries to kill him with a dagger, but Beowulf's armor protects him this time. Beowulf managed to throw her off of himself and sees a sword of enormous size, which he immediately grabs.

Beowulf's bravery is a very significant trait that helps him face fierce monsters, such as Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon, without any hesitation. His fearlessness in confronting these supernatural evils displays his courage and determination. Beowulf's willingness to confront danger head-on, knowing he is sacrificing his own life, inspires those around him, which earns him admiration and respect that builds his future legacy. Beowulf says in his final boast, “I am old, now, but I will fight again, seek fame still, if the dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me.” Even though he has aged, he still has the same amount of bravery as before to stop

    Fifty long years pass and Beowulf is now an elderly person who must go and fight his third beast, entering Campbell’s eleventh stage of “Resurrection”. Beowulf acknowledges that he is not as young as he used to be but he does not allow his age to become a factor. Higlac’s follower says, “I am old, now,/ But I will fight again” (625-626) showing that he is still a hero who will not go down without a battle. Beowulf once again is confident in his capabilities and believes his incredible strength in his hands will tear the dragon “Limb from limb”

Beowulf succeeds at not failing his people, evenly when as an elderly man, he goes ahead without a second thought to fight mythical dragon. He does what he knows he should do. This is similar to Hamlet in the last demonstration of Shakespeare's play, who is at last prepared to vindicate the demise of his dad. Like Hamlet, Beowulf is dedicated for his part of his role designated for him. He stands up to his fate, his destiny, without recoiling. Doing this, he makes himself a ideal for the Geats in a vanished brave society as well for the present day peruser as well.Beowulf succeeds at not failing his people, evenly when as an elderly man, he goes ahead without a second thought to fight mythical dragon. He does what he knows he should do. This

As Beowulf battled against the mother, the readers were exposed to Beowulf’s mortality and progressive deterioration of strength. She was not as strong as her son, but he had trouble defeating her. Dressed up in armor almost from head to toe, his sword did not do justice to the ogre. She was able to pull him down, sit on top of him and stab her knife at his armor. As he was free from her grip, he spotted a magical sword made from the Giants and beheads her

Beowulf’s last test of courage comes in his old age when his people are threatened by a “mighty” dragon. Beowulf felt as if something he had done had caused the irascible beast to wreck havoc on his people, “killing and destroying” them and their homes with its “molten” breath. Knowing what had to be done, Beowulf bravely faced the dragon, while all of his people, except for one, fled in fear. His last battle, which ended in death, displayed Beowulf’s unwavering courage, the type that every hero should possess.

Upon the arrival of Beowulf he asks the permission to fight the ugly monster Grendel. This is only the beginning of Beowulf’s fights and each has an incentive. Beowulf must battle Grendel, Grendel’s Dam, and a dragon, all of which he was a different motivation for. Grendel, the grotesque swamp monster, is the first monster that Beowulf must fight. Grendel had been terrorising the people of Herot and there needed to be a stop.

Because of Beowulf's declination, the monsters increase in difficulty.     In the first battle, Beowulf does not face any difficulty fighting Grendel. Beowulf goes to fight Grendel to help the people of Herot, but more importantly to gain glory for himself. Grendel is described as a devious monster, “ Who haunted

At this point in the conflict between Beowulf and Grendel’s Mother, Beowulf tries to hit Grendel’s Mother with his sword, but the sword could not penetrate her scaly skin, so he results back to using his bare hands, making sure to stay calm and collected. Although, Beowulf does get lucky and finds an enchanted sword in her cave that is able to slice through her tough skin, “a resolute blow / that bit deep into her neck-bone / and severed it entirely” (1565-1567). With this assistance, Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel’s Mother with ease and takes the hilt of the sword and Grendel’s head back as treasure. Grendel’s Mother also symbolizes a descendant of Cain, but is more pure than Grendel himself is, “now his mother / had sallied forth on a savage journey, / grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge” (1276-1278). In consideration that this is Grendel’s mother, shows that she is much closer to Cain in terms of blood lineage, which explains why she is a more troublesome opponent to face than her son, Grendel.

Not only is Beowulf honorable and well respected, he is brave as well. His courage is shown by not hesitating to risk his own life to pursue the Dane’s enemies. By being self-assured, Beowulf is able to successfully defeat the fiends, Grendel and his infamous mother. At the time Beowulf is planning to pursue the vindictive dragon, the epic poem states, “I’ve never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles. I am old now, but I will fight again, seek fame still, If the dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me.”(ll. 2511-2515). He feels no fear, is confident in fighting the dragon alone, and has no qualms in risking his life to save others. He declares his bravery by saying, “When he comes to me I mean to stand, not run from his shooting flames, stand till fate decides which of us wins... No one else could do what I mean to, here, no man but me could hope to defeat this monster.”(ll. 2525-2534). In his actions, Beowulf’s bravery is clearly shown throughout the poem.

Beowulf plunges Hrunting into Grendel’s mother, but the sword “would not bite, [nor] harm her life” because “the edge failed” (27, Beowulf). Not wasting anytime, Beowulf quickly seizes “an old sword made by the giants” and slays Grendel’s mother (28, Beowulf). The Giant’s sword is depicted as possessing magical characteristics because it slayed a monster “too poisonous”(28, Beowulf). After Beowulf tells of his great defeat another celebration is held at Heorot in honor of him. At the celebration, Beowulf is given weapons to reward his victory. Many years later, once Beowulf is King, he learns of the horrible deeds the dragon committed. He bravely ventures with his men to slay the dragon. All except for one of Beowulf’s men flee when the see the dragon. However, Beowulf does not cower and run away, instead he begins to battle the dragon. Beowulf draws his sword, Naegling, and stabs it through the dragon, but the sword “failed in the fight” (47, Beowulf). Hence, demonstrating how the outcome of the sword foreshadows the Fate of Beowulf in this fight. The sword breaks because it is

Unlike the fight with Grendel, Beowulf prepares for this battle by clothing himself with armor and bringing weapons for he knows that this fight will be tougher than the last. Grendel’s mom grabs at Beowulf and “ripped, and tore, and clawed at him, bit holes in his helmet” (Raffel 36). The weapon, sword, that Beowulf brings with him to the battle seems to be of no help at all because the sword can not injure her. But he notices another sword hanging on the wall, “and desperate, lifted it high above his head and struck with all the strength he had left, caught her in the neck and cut it through” (Raffel 37). Beowulf struggles to arise victorious in this battle because Grendel’s mom possesses more strength than Grendel displays in his battle with the hero.

“She welcomed him in her claws clutched at him savagely but could not harm him.” (60) Her attack upon Beowulf was unsuccessful. Beowulf’s barbaric actions were too much for Grendel’s mother to handle. Beowulf came back twice as hard as her. “ …and swung his sword, his ringed-marked blade, straight at her head.”

To begin with, Beowulf has a ferocious battle with Grendel. Grendel has been spreading tons of fear in Hrothgar’s town by arriving at night to feast on innocent souls as they slept. The poem states, “Grendel snatched at the