Beowulf
Beowulf Beowulf is the classic tale of a mighty and heroic Geat leader who comes to an unpleasant and seemingly early end. Throughout his life, Beowulf had been an excellent leader and had led his army to many victories over many foes, of his land and of many others as well. At his peak, Beowulf was the mightiest warrior on all the earth: "There was no one else like him alive. In his day, he was the mightiest man on earth, high-born and powerful." Eventually, Beowulf came to be ruler over many people. During his time he defeated many enemies, two of which being Grendel and his mother. After their defeat, Beowulf and his people experienced a time of peace and prosperity which was enjoyed by all. He remained undefeated until the bitter end when he was defeated by the dragon in the underwater hell-like grave. Beowulf's death marked the end of not only his reign, but also of the safety know by his people, and also the end of his kingdom. The first topic at hand is why Beowulf chose to fight by himself, especially in the case of the dragon. Beowulf was a very valiant warrior who fought his greatest battles alone, or at least single-handedly. First of all, his battle against Grendel was brilliantly maneuvered in that he awakened fr
om a complete slumber to slay the mighty Grendel and mutilate his body. Secondly, Beowulf battled against Grendel's mother (who was excessively disturbed about the death of her beloved son) and won a triumphant battle. In both battles, Beowulf won by his own means and was very victorious in each occasion. Now the question as to why Beowulf abandoned his people is at hand. He most likely did not do this on purpose and had no intent to destroy his kingdom which he had worked so hard to create. A possible theory as to why this happened could be that he simply did not think about the void he would leave if he was to leave his throne for some reason. One point that must be observed here is that Beowulf had to blood relatives which could succeed him on the throne, so he would of had to hand picked one of his subjects to follow after him, and only hope that his choice of leadership would not be undermined by those who wished to be rulers but in reality were not capable of a leadership position which involved so much responsibility and integrity. Of course, there is also the possibility that Beowulf was aware that if he died his kingdom would crumble, so he did the valiant thing and ended the kingdom at the same time its king ended. This way, the kingdom would have
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