... most evident throughout Beowulf Beowulf does not back down from any challenge that stands in his way whether it be Grendel, Grendel's mother, or the dragon. His bravery is most evident in his preparation for his fight with Grendel, Beowulf, "took off his shirt of armour, the helmet from his head ... a sword and armor when Grendel himself had none. Even in his latter years, as an aged man, he would personally go and fight the dragon that threatened his kingdom and die doing so. Generosity is another celebrated heroic virtue as the great king Hrothgar is quite free with his gifts of ... ...

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... and development to the ordinary people. These heroes speak to the future generations showing them the hero as "the champion not of things to become but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo: Holdfast, the keeper of the past" (Campbell 1973:337). The hero is to be the agent of ... ...

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