1. Beowulf - The Archetypal Hero
However, in Anglo-Saxon culture a hero is considered as someone with, divine ancestry, endowed with courage and strength, has the ability to show nobility when leading, and a person noted for a special achievement in a particular field. In the poem Beowulf, there is one character who possesses all and a greater amount of these expressed characteristics, the hero Beowulf. ... Beowulf's loyalty to the Danes is shown through Beowulf's answer to Hrothgar's pleas of help. ... Firstly, Beowulf displays the four pillars of Anglo-Saxon heroic values which include loyalty, bravery, stren...
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