Examples Of Leadership In Beowulf

Beowulf’s Leadership Within the work of Beowulf the title character Beowulf shows leadership skills throughout the story. Beowulf is a fearless and confident which are traits that are extremely important when defining a leader. Secondly, he shows that he is powerful and has great physical power which is also important due to the fact that the society in which he is in is a key factor in gaining respect. Finally, he is very clever which allowed for him to be seen as a good leader because he is known as an intelligent strategist who people ca follow. In the story Beowulf shows that “He is absolutely fearless and supremely confident in his own abilities (Loughman).” This is shown in the story when Beowulf fights Grendel without swords or armor. Even though he is treated with high respect, he is left on his own to fight these terrible beasts (Loughman). When Beowulf goes to fight Grendel’s mother, he “must rely on a sword, swinging the blade in an arc, a resolute blow that bit deep into her neck-bone and severed it entire, toppling the doomed house of her flesh.” He is very

One way he shows that he has physical power is when he swims underwater for a long period of time to go and defeat Grendel’s mother. Grendel is described as a beast with the power of 30 men(McDonnell). “The monster’s whole body was in pain, a tremendous wound appeared on his shoulder. Sinews split and the bone-lappings burst(Post).” Beowulf defeats Grendel, which proves he has superhuman powers. Not only did he defeat Grendel, he did it on his own and with nothing but his hands. When Beowulf goes to fight the dragon, he “elderly puts on his armor for one last hurrah, invoking the age-old duty of all chief executives, male and female(Post).” This shows that even when he is elderly and should be sitting back in battles, he is willing to take on the challenge that is thrown at him. He still has the physical superhuman powers as an