Beowulf's Habits

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People today would look at Beowulf as an unusual conceited freak. Beowulf is basically immoral compared to others. He’s not the average person you would meet; Beowulf could demolish almost anything in the world. With that being said, Beowulf probably had enough confidence in world for everyone, but of course his ego came with a price and that price was his trophies. Trophies were his return favor of saving people’s lives. Throughout the poem Beowulf uses his confidence to win and gain trophies throughout his battles between Grendel, Grendel’s mom, and the dragon. Anyone with as much confidence as Beowulf could defeat any and everything. Beowulf’s confidence were very significant throughout his battles. His notion is a main reason why he
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