Beowulf's Heroic Actions

An epic hero is someone who puts all efforts into bravery, strength, courage, and the desire to achieve immortality through heroic actions. Beowulf is an epic hero because he shows very similar traits that a hero has. Beowulf is also very wise, loyal, and is very strong physically and mentally. Beowulf has shown heroic actions multiple times by defeating various monsters and demons. He’s saved many lives and has earned immortality through people remembering his heroicness.
Beowulf is originally from Geat Land but once he heard of Hrothgar’s men being terrorized in Denmark he set sail. This demons name is Grendel who is angered and frustrated by the sound of Hrothgar’s men and just the sound of happiness all together. Grendel got so angry at …show more content…
When Beowulf and his men arrive to Denmark they are met by a coast guard which was rather unfriendly until he exclaims he’s there to defeat the monster.
That night, Beowulf decides to sleep inside the banquet hall and encourages his men to make as much noise as possible. Doing all of this in the hopes to lore Grendel out, a blood thirsty monster who is agitated at the sound of happiness, so he can kill him. This all shows examples of bravery and heroicness. Not much time passes until Grendel can’t stand it any longer and creeps his way to the Herot Hall. Beowulf fights Grendel with his bare hands and fully unclothed all doing this to show his men that he can defeat him as his equal.
Beowulf uses his strength and will power to fight Grendel and kill him by tearing his arm off. Grendel manages to escape and make his way back to his home, the bottom of a lake, and calls crying for his mother because he will not last much longer. She cries in despair as she sees her son dying from his arm being torn off. She asks her son who had done this to him and with his last dying breath he tells her Beowulf tore his arm off. She was angered to no extent and had a burning desire to get revenge for her