Beowulf Is An Epic Hero Essay
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself" -Joseph Campbell. The story I'm writing about is the Epic poem call Beowulf, which was translated by Burton Raftel. Beowulf is a hero who defeated many monster that are killing innocent people. In his life, as a hero, Beowulf shows that he is bossy, independent, and fearless; which are all the qualities of a real Epic hero. According to the beginning of the battle with Grendel, we can tell Beowulf is a bossy hero based on what he said. He offers Hrothgar to het him and his people fight alone and other offers. He does it because he thinks he is the one who can beat Grendel so everyone doesn't need to help him. For example, the book says on page 48, line 259-261:"...,
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According to the story, Beowulf always goes and kill the monsters by himself. Even when he kills Grendel and Grendel's Mother or in the bloody battle with the dragon. For example, the books say on page 57, line 650:"..., Then Beowulf rose, still brave, still strong, and with his shield at his side,...". The quote means even he is old, he still strong, brave enough to go in the battle with the dragon. By that, Beowulf has succeed to kill the dragon by himself. Beside the traits bossy and independent, to make a great hero, the author also gives Beowulf the trait fearless too. At the beginning of the battle with Grendel's Mother, Beowulf just jumps into the lake without any thinking. He knows he could face death but he doesn't care about it. He does that because he wants to end all the demon and monsters. Besides that, he also wants to achieve more glory and treasures from Hrothgar too. For example, the book says on page 53, line 467-469:"...He leaped into the lake wouldn't wait for anyone's answer". The quotes means that in his dictionary, it doesn't have a word "fear" in it. He always volunteer himself to go first no matter how dangerous. For conclude, to become a greatest hero like Beowulf, he has to have these qualities: bossy, independent, and fearless. Beowulf is an awesome hero, he saves many people from the monsters. Even when he has to face the death, he still doing what he said to keep his
According to the story, Beowulf always goes and kill the monsters by himself. Even when he kills Grendel and Grendel's Mother or in the bloody battle with the dragon. For example, the books say on page 57, line 650:"..., Then Beowulf rose, still brave, still strong, and with his shield at his side,...". The quote means even he is old, he still strong, brave enough to go in the battle with the dragon. By that, Beowulf has succeed to kill the dragon by himself. Beside the traits bossy and independent, to make a great hero, the author also gives Beowulf the trait fearless too. At the beginning of the battle with Grendel's Mother, Beowulf just jumps into the lake without any thinking. He knows he could face death but he doesn't care about it. He does that because he wants to end all the demon and monsters. Besides that, he also wants to achieve more glory and treasures from Hrothgar too. For example, the book says on page 53, line 467-469:"...He leaped into the lake wouldn't wait for anyone's answer". The quotes means that in his dictionary, it doesn't have a word "fear" in it. He always volunteer himself to go first no matter how dangerous. For conclude, to become a greatest hero like Beowulf, he has to have these qualities: bossy, independent, and fearless. Beowulf is an awesome hero, he saves many people from the monsters. Even when he has to face the death, he still doing what he said to keep his