Actions Are Words Unspoken
(Beowulf’s Motivations throughout Beowulf) Behind every action there is a motivation. People do not just act in ways that have no meaning or motivation. They may not quite understand exactly why they did something but once they start looking deeper into their action, they will soon dig up a motive. It’s inevitable. Beowulf has many motivations throughout the entire book of Beowulf. Every action that he performs is quite thought out and is not done on a whim. Even the few things that he does do off of a whim, have a hidden motivation behind them that he uncovers after he performs the action. Beowulf is a very selfless individual, and he is always seeking out what is best for the whole entire group of individuals, …show more content…
He is the idea Anglo-Saxon, and he is the person who pretty much sets up the code of the Anglo-Saxons. He is the individual that the code is modeled after because of the insanely distinguished person that Beowulf is. To the Anglo-Saxons he is a perfect person and he is what they aspire to be. This is why Beowulf can safely be considered an epic hero. He departs on an epic journey where he will battle three monsters. He will then depart on his way home and will acquire a few more issues that he will have to overcome. Beowulf is an epic poem, and Beowulf is most definitely an epic hero. For every monster that he comes across and has to fight, he has a motive for fighting and killing them. There are ultimately three parts to Beowulf that consist of Beowulf fighting three …show more content…
Beowulf is part of the group and he must take care of the group. By taking care of the group he has to fight the dragon. Even now he seeks more fame. In this part of Beowulf, Beowulf is now an old man. He doesn’t it in him to fight the dragon alone so he asks his army to come with him. They promised to stand by him regardless of what happens. Nobody could kill the dragon except for Beowulf is that is why he sought after the dragon. He was doing what was best for the group, or what was extrinsic and sociological. Extrinsic means that something is external to self and sociological means what extrinsic means in the end. They work hand in hand. Beowulf also wanted the treasure that the dragon had been hiding in his home and he planned on giving the treasures to the people instead of keeping it for himself. Here, once again, we see that Beowulf wanted what was best for the group and put the group before himself in every single thing that he did in his life. As Beowulf approached the dragons’ home, he could feel the head of the dragon before he could see him. He yelled to anger the dragon, and threw up his shield as the dragon approached him. He blew his fire and Beowulf’s shield began to melt. He tried to stab the dragon and his sword broke. This was the first time that his sword had ever failed him. Once his comrades saw this, they took off running
(Beowulf’s Motivations throughout Beowulf) Behind every action there is a motivation. People do not just act in ways that have no meaning or motivation. They may not quite understand exactly why they did something but once they start looking deeper into their action, they will soon dig up a motive. It’s inevitable. Beowulf has many motivations throughout the entire book of Beowulf. Every action that he performs is quite thought out and is not done on a whim. Even the few things that he does do off of a whim, have a hidden motivation behind them that he uncovers after he performs the action. Beowulf is a very selfless individual, and he is always seeking out what is best for the whole entire group of individuals, …show more content…
He is the idea Anglo-Saxon, and he is the person who pretty much sets up the code of the Anglo-Saxons. He is the individual that the code is modeled after because of the insanely distinguished person that Beowulf is. To the Anglo-Saxons he is a perfect person and he is what they aspire to be. This is why Beowulf can safely be considered an epic hero. He departs on an epic journey where he will battle three monsters. He will then depart on his way home and will acquire a few more issues that he will have to overcome. Beowulf is an epic poem, and Beowulf is most definitely an epic hero. For every monster that he comes across and has to fight, he has a motive for fighting and killing them. There are ultimately three parts to Beowulf that consist of Beowulf fighting three …show more content…
Beowulf is part of the group and he must take care of the group. By taking care of the group he has to fight the dragon. Even now he seeks more fame. In this part of Beowulf, Beowulf is now an old man. He doesn’t it in him to fight the dragon alone so he asks his army to come with him. They promised to stand by him regardless of what happens. Nobody could kill the dragon except for Beowulf is that is why he sought after the dragon. He was doing what was best for the group, or what was extrinsic and sociological. Extrinsic means that something is external to self and sociological means what extrinsic means in the end. They work hand in hand. Beowulf also wanted the treasure that the dragon had been hiding in his home and he planned on giving the treasures to the people instead of keeping it for himself. Here, once again, we see that Beowulf wanted what was best for the group and put the group before himself in every single thing that he did in his life. As Beowulf approached the dragons’ home, he could feel the head of the dragon before he could see him. He yelled to anger the dragon, and threw up his shield as the dragon approached him. He blew his fire and Beowulf’s shield began to melt. He tried to stab the dragon and his sword broke. This was the first time that his sword had ever failed him. Once his comrades saw this, they took off running