's Attitude In Beowulf

Beowulf’s three battles play a major role in the development of the plot and his perceived character. I believe that Beowulf 's attitude helped him in being victorious, but I also believe that his attitude hurt him as well. I think this because Beowulf had a courageous attitude during each battle, and this made him have the power to overtake each monster. On the other hand, he was cocky about his bravery and his arrogant attitude led to brash actions which affected every battle. Each Battle was different and Beowulf’s attitudes varied from battle to battle. Beowulf went into his battle with Grendel, strong and focused on the main goal of saving the Danes and killing the evil monster but keeping Grendel’s arm as a trophy led to the battle …show more content…
Beowulf’s attitude, in the battle against Grendel, was so full of determination that he was willing to sacrifice one of his men to defeat Grendel and save the kingdom. Although Beowulf sacrificing his men can be viewed a bad thing, Beowulf’s attitude made him understand that one loss could save many and bring the peace back to the Danes. When Beowulf fought Grendel, he fought with a courageous attitude and I believe that his attitude is what made him win because his attitude gave him the confidence that he needed to stand in front of a huge monster and fight for victory. But when Beowulf won the battle he wasn 't satisfied with just knowing his victory, he cut off Grendel 's arm and mounted it as a trophy of his victory, showing the world how foolhardy his attitude was, proving that a victory isn 't enough to satisfy his needs (Raffel, lines 393-395). Nevertheless, his payback came when Grendel 's evil mother surfaced and seeked revenge on the …show more content…
Beowulf’s attitude changed throughout his life just like every person’s attitude changes on a day to day basis. Beowulf was cocky, but being cocky was all that Beowulf had ever known. I say that because he was the strongest man in the world, he earned that title and he wore the title with pride, but the way that his attitude towards most things were, tore him down and made his life more challenging. Beowulf was an epic hero and because of his conceited attitude he was able to find confidence in himself to overcome supernatural events that no ordinary human could overcome. On the other hand, Beowulf shows us a side of him that all he wanted was fame and fortune, which is not a heroic trait. Although Beowulf was arrogant and had a cocky attitude, he cared for his people and did things that no person had ever done. His attitude does cause unneeded supernatural challenges, but his attitude-in a sense- causes him to be