A “hero is a person” who is appreciated or idealized for bravery or outstanding success. A “hero displays traits,” a hero “saves others”, and a hero “is culture.” Beowulf displays a hero trait by either showing all his strengths and powers, but hero’s traits can also show weakness. Hero’s usually show a positive trait, because not everyone wants to show their weakness. Beowulf is an act of a time and place so that’s why he is considered a hero in culture. Every hero has a journey to follow so they can be able to get to the title “hero.” The hero’s journey was recognized by Joseph Campbell and it tells is the typical adventure of the archetype which is known the hero.
In Beowulf, the call to adventure was when Beowulf hears about the monster and how his is attacking Herot’s people. Beowulf is to go and save the land from Grendel who is the monster. …show more content…
After two very difficult battles nobody was expecting him to return home because they didn’t think he was going to survive the battles. After a very long time that had passed everyone thought that Beowulf had died during his battles. “The sun slid over past noon, went further down. The Danes gave up, left the lake and went home, Hrothgar with them. The Geats stayed, sadly, watching, imagining they saw their lord but no believing they would ever see him again.” Beowulf wasn’t doing as good as he thought he would be doing. On his way back he found the body of Grendel. “He sought Hrothfar to salute him and show hi, Grendel’s head. He carried the terrible trophy by the hair, brought it straight to where the Danes sat, drinking the queen among them. It was a weird and wonderful sight, and the warriors shared.” Beowulf finally made it home knowing he defeated Grendel and his mother. Unfortunately Beowulf had lost his life so that was epic after coming back home. “He’d reached the end of his days, their mighty war king, and the great lord of the Geats, gone to a glorious