Beowulf

Beowulf is an epic poem about the life of an Anglo-Saxon hero named Beowulf. It tells how Beowulf, a Geat warrior, travels to help the Danes by killing a monster that is eating their men at their mead hall Herot. It also shows three of the prominent Anglo-Saxon traits which are bravery, loyalty, and generosity.
Throughout the poem, Beowulf shows his bravery by fighting monster after monster. When he faces Grendel he faces him unarmed. (261) "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none. Nor will...