The poems hero Beowulf, demonstrates honor as well as bravery. As Beowulf heads to his fight against grandel he leaves behind his sword and armor stating that his opponent grendel “has no idea the arts of war, or shield or swordplay”(47) and chooses that there will not be any “weapons, therefore, for either this night”(47). This shows beowulf’s value of honor because he does not go into this battle against grendel unfairly, and using his knowledge of war and swordplay to his advantage. He chooses to go in fighting a fair fight against grendel. Although, beowulf is a reflection of the anglo-saxon’s value of honor, on the other hand grendel does not demonstrate this value as he chose to grab “thirty men from their resting places”(11). This
