What Was Beowulf's Quest

Do you consider yourself a hero, and what does it take to become a hero? Beowulf demonstrates the characteristics of an epic hero because he is on a quest, performs brave deeds, and risk death for glory. Beowulf reached the hero status after defeating three difficult enemy's Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. Beowulf became a hero by overcoming many obstacles and adversity.

The first heroic characteristic that beowulf had was that he was on a quest. The evil guy who attacked the town was Grendel. With the battle vs Grendel the quest was for Beowulf to defeat Grendel and save the town. It was a very fierce battle lines (601-604)“they wrestled, she ripped and tore and clawed at him, bit holes in his helmet, and that too failed him; for the first time in years of being worn to war it would earn no glory.”After that battle Grendel's mother attacked and killed one of Beowulf's friends, so Beowulf's next quest was to fight and defeat Grendel's mother. Then they had one more enemy, the dragon, which Beowulf also had to defeat. Beowulf had to fulfill many quests, so one way to demonstrate that you are a hero you must need to be on a quest. …show more content…
On pages 490-510 when Beowulf went to go fight Grendel it took lots of courage and bravery. With the battle vs Grendel's mother Beowulf had to go to her actual den, and the poem talks about how dark and evil it was to get to the den on lines(545-550). “They live in secret places, windy Cliffs, wolf-dens where water pours from the rocks, then runs underground, where mist steams like black clouds, and the groves of trees.” Beowulf had to be brave to go to her den to get his revenge. The most brave thing Beowulf did was go fight the dragon by himself ,even after his men left him. Beowulf's own men thought couldn't even defeat the dragon but he