People have an innate empathy for people, even if both parties reside in different locations. Media coverage of places outside of one’s residence is effective at drawing sympathy because of this natural empathy all humans contain. “With bare hands shall I/grapple with the fiend, fight to the death here,/hater and hated! He who is chosen/shall deliver himself to the Lord’s judgement.” (Beowulf, 65). Beowulf is a hero of Geatland at the beginning of the poem, but he comes to aid Hrothgar, King of the Danes, in fighting off Grendel. Beowulf simply hears of Hrothgar’s troubles, and does not hesitate to sacrifice himself to protect these people he has never met. Through this selfless action, the reader begins to feel a deeper appreciation for Beowulf’s
