Is Beowulf A Hero

Is Beowulf a hero or not? This is the big question that many want to answer. Although he didn't do all the heroic thing heroes would traditionally do doesn't mean he isn't a hero. This was my first time hearing the story and I wouldn't at first have called him a hero he just seemed like he was conceded. I guess people in the Anglo Saxons it was considered formal boasting therefore it was normal for people to be boasting about themselves and what they can do. In his bragging he never really mentioned the thanes that were with him fighting. To me he just seemed like some one that only cared about how good he was.

Although Beowulf may have seemed conceded that was considered normal he was an epic hero. After all he did defeat the bad guy in the story he came to save the people who needed a hero. He was fighting for the people and for the right reason too. He heard a call for him to fight and he came and answered it. Beowulf was very brave in fighting against something that had killed many other people and he was doing it without any weapons. …show more content…
At the end of the fight he was a hero he won the challenge and the point of there being a hero is that hero's generally win the battle and the bad guy loses. This is exactly what he was able to do. He was very dauntless he went in the fight confident but not knowing still how the fight was going to be. His strength that he used to win the fight was beyond regular human capabilities not to mention without a weapon in hand his strength is almost