Overconfidence In Beowulf

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Beowulf is an epic poem about his dangerous adventures. Within the poem, it describes Beowulf as a strong, prideful man who will be willing to do anything for fame and glory. Indeed, nobody could of possibly stop Beowulf in his prime timeline. Not even Grendel, one of Lucifer’s spawns, take him down. In fact, because of this, Beowulf not only save the meat hall but also gain fame. However, Beowulf still hungered for more fame. Because Beowulf hungered for more fame, this led Beowulf to one of his downfall, overconfidence. In fact, not only did overconfidence filled him after the defeat of Grendel, but also eventually change his thinking behavior as well as his greed grew stronger. Beowulf overconfidence is something that is portrayed throughout the story after the defeat of Grendel. In fact, because Beowulf gains his fame and his overconfidence …show more content…

In fact, it is probably Beowulf biggest downfall along with overconfidence. For example, Beowulf in his 80’s still fought a dragon. Who in their right minds would face a dragon, knowing he or she is old as a cassette tape. However, acknowledging this, Beowulf still faces the dragon and tragically died along with the dragon. Not only did this show that Beowulf’s greed for fame is unending, but also shows that his pride is part of it. Beowulf is too proud of himself to let such thing as age to disturb his path to fame. In addition, Beowulf’s pride is also the main cause of his overconfidence. Example, his pride of being invincible. After he defeated Grendel, somewhere in his mind thought that he is invincible being able to beat a Lucifer’s spawn. Moreover, people enchanted him of being invincible causing him to have his morale way too high. In fact, this is why he faced the dragon because of the fact that he believed he is invincible. Beowulf’s pride let him down drastically after he is defeated along with the dragon. However, Beowulf still holds on to his pride even in

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