Beowulf's Ambition

William Shakespeare once said,“Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading it disperse to naught.” In other words the battles fought by men are followed by thousands of years legendary fame. The character Beowulf took his glory and ambition up to his death. The epic poem of ,“Beowulf”, Unfortunately upon this date we have no trace who wrote it or when was Beowulf composed. The Anglo-Saxon people started the language of Old English but at this time there was no form of writing everything was told verbally, this is why it’s rhythm has been passed on for centuries. decades. In the epic poem, “Beowulf” the anonymous author writes about an epic hero through courage, adventures, and weaknesses.
God must decide who will give to death’s cold grip.”Pg48. The author wrote this to show the courageous act of Beowulf that he left death to God’s choice to decide who shall fall upon to death’s cold grip. Beowulf declared, “What I mean to, here, no man but me could hope defeat this monster.” Pg63.His proving that he’s the only guy in the kingdom,who can defeat this monster without any other soldiers help. The people and animals quoted how they felt about the the lake, “Windy cliffs… Steam’s like black clouds… At night burns like a torch… Prefers to die on those shore, refuses to save its life in that water.”Pg56. Seeming like hell Beowulf prove everyone wrong by jumping into the waters and looking for Grendel’s
Hurry bring me ancient silver, precious jewels, shining armor and gems, before I die. Death will be softer, leaving life and this people I’ve ruled so long, if I look at this last of all prizes.”Pg67. At the point of his death the gold rush struck him, all he thought was the way it would make his life easier of dying with his greediness that took his life to be deceased. At last Beowulf stated, “What I leave,Wiglaf, lead my people, help them; my time is gone. Have the brave Geats build me a tomb, when the funeral flames have burned me, and build it here, at the water’s edge, high on this spit of land, so sailors can see this tower, and remember my name, and call it Beowulf’s tower, and boats in the darkness and mist, crossing the sea, will know it.”Pg69. As beowulf last grueling moments he asked Wiglaf to make him this huge tomb in memorable to him, so that when sailors and boats pass by could say, “Beowulf’s tower”, all this was because he was afraid of losing his ego, pride, fame he had rather than just letting it