When Beowulf arrives to the land of the Danes and is led to King Hrothgar, he states when telling why he has come, “My people have said, the wisest, most knowing/ And best of them, that my duty was to go to the Danes’/ Great king” (Beowulf). Duty is similar to an obligation. He’s going to fight Grendel because he has to (and he also wants to). It is the Anglo-Saxon code that if someone has the ability to help, one must do so, and Beowulf certainly has the skills to get rid of Grendel. If Beowulf were to not use his abilities to help, then he wouldn’t earn the respect and glory he
When Beowulf arrives to the land of the Danes and is led to King Hrothgar, he states when telling why he has come, “My people have said, the wisest, most knowing/ And best of them, that my duty was to go to the Danes’/ Great king” (Beowulf). Duty is similar to an obligation. He’s going to fight Grendel because he has to (and he also wants to). It is the Anglo-Saxon code that if someone has the ability to help, one must do so, and Beowulf certainly has the skills to get rid of Grendel. If Beowulf were to not use his abilities to help, then he wouldn’t earn the respect and glory he