Heroism

Many great stories of heroism are shared today. Whether they are money related or something such as saving a life. You mostly hear about people raising awareness about many different causes these days such as the earthquake in Haiti or making money to help feed people that have absolutely nothing. Today’s heroes I would say carry characteristics such as generosity, strength, courage, leadership and much more. Beowulf is very similarly described like that in the book because he is very generous, kind and unbelievably strong. In the book “Beowulf”, the main hero is Beowulf himself. Beowulf travels to the Danes to save them from Grendel and Grendel’s mother. Since Grendel and Grendel’s mother are the ‘monsters’ of course it is Beowulf’s duty to kill them and save the day. Grendel and his mother were killing people and made their way to Herot which is where the Danes live. When Beowulf arrives to the scene he ends up grabbing ahold of Grendel and ripping his arms off, allowing him to bleed to death.  He then stabs Grendel’s mother and chops her head off which is how she dies. These are my examples as to how Beowulf displays great Heroism.