Examples Of Heroism In Beowulf

A Hero at its Finest Heroism is found in everyday life you just have to know where to look; heroism is regularly written into books and stories just like Beowulf. Beowulf is said to have been turned into a manuscript around 725 A.D. Before then stories were told only orally by the scopes. A scop is the story tellers that would retell many different hero’s stories to the whole town. The group of people were called the Anglo-Saxons, and their idea of a noble goal was to live immortally through the stories that the scopes told. Beowulf that is just like the stories the scopes would tell is also an epic poem. It is about how a young boy who was thought to be useless turned into a big shot hero, and this man’s name is Beowulf who kills Grendel, his mother, and finally a dragon. Throughout the whole story Beowulf is periodically doing

One of the major moments in Beowulf when he shows loyalty is when he goes to Hrothgar’s aid “‘ Beowulf, you’ve come to us in friendship,”(Beowulf 7.457). This portrays how when Hrothgar was in need of assistance Beowulf was quick to respond because him and Hrothgar were friends. When someone is your friend you are willing to do anything you can to help them in their time of need. In Beowulf’s situation there is a risk that someone will die and he chooses to help anyway and take that risk to help his friend. An even better example of Beowulf's loyalty is when his people are threatened by the dragon he doesn’t run and hide he fights back. When the dragon attacks Beowulf immediately gets ready to go after it,”The Geats / Deserved revenge;Beowulf, their leader / And, lord began to plan it, ordered / A battle-shield of iron”(Beowulf 33.2335-2338). This quote stresses that even in his older age he is willing to go and fight to make sure his people are safe. Beowulf puts himself in danger even if it means helping people and that is