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Why Is Beowulf Honorable

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Was Beowulf an honorable hero? Absolutely! He was an honorable hero. In this essay I will tell the reason for his titled name. The reasons that will be explained includes: the actions he did, the type of person he was and what he believed him, and his relentless fighting efforts towards every monster/creature around. Honorable means bringing or worthy of honor which Beowulf show within my reasons. The first reason for Beowulf being honorable is his victories. Beowulf defeated a demon from hell without a weapon. Nobody in the village was capable of defeating the demon but Beowulf. After, he killed the mother who came to avenger her son. Keep in mind that these are demons, creatures from hell, trying to destroy anything in their way and Beowulf killed them. Killing …show more content…

Before every battle he attended, he prayed to God and after every victory, he thanked God. Beowulf was the type of person who didn’t want people to help him. He showed courageous character and was successful because of his beliefs. Beowulf knew that he couldn’t win any of his battles without the grace of God. The grace of God kept Beowulf strong and relentless when it came to battling. Beowulf was a titan when it came to fighting. He did everything in his will to win. When he fought it was like watching a lion walking through the forest. The pride he showed while fighting was outstanding. Fighting a battle or creature didn’t stop Beowulf from doing him. One after another, Beowulf relentless effort made him victorious which makes him an honorable man. All these reason explain why Beowulf was always an honorable man. There should be no doubt in mind that he wasn’t an honorable man. I wrote this essay to inform people of his heroic deeds and why he was he honorable. There are people who think he wasn’t honorable but will have to explain why he wasn’t and I don’t think that someone can explain why he wasn’t honorable better than I explained that he was

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