An Epic Hero In Beowulf By Burton Raffel

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“ An epic hero” An epic hero is defined as someone who is noble and brave and is affected by great events or admired for his achievements. Even though the definition of epic hero varies from culture to culture they all have at least one characteristics that are similar. In an old English epic poem “ Beowulf” translated by Burton Raffel. we learned that Beowulf is an epic hero because of his strength, bravery, and courage. Beowulf showed his courageous side when he went to Herot to help out the king. It states “ when we crossed the sea, my comrades and I, I already knew that all my purpose was this: to win the goodwill of your…” ( line 364-369). This shows that Beowulf had the courage to fight the monster,