For many reasons, Beowulf is considered to behave in a way that would not qualify him as a heroic character. Although, he still possess key traits of courage and leadership that may consider him to be a modern hero. On his quest to find this evil beast; Grendel, the son of Cain, Beowulf shows leadership by forming a group of the strongest men within his homeland. …show more content…
He performed many brave deeds, that helped the greater good and was very glorified by all people. Moreover, through all of his grand quests he did nothing to prove that his traits of bravery, loyalty, and strength were truly qualified as what we define as a hero today. He rather demonstrated greed, selfishness and fame that no modern hero today would consider to be heroic. “No man but me could hope to defeat this monster, no one could even try.” Does this sound like a hero to you? A person who is so witty and caught up of only his ability to prosecute an action instead of having concern of the people’s morality. Would you feel safe, or would you endow in fear rather than