Anglo-Saxons continued

#2- Anglo-Saxons Culture
The Anglo-Saxons culture was based on being warriors and also being the ultimate protector of England from its invaders. Beowulf illustrates what the Saxons believed in many ways. For example in the story Beowulf came from his native land to kill Grendel the monster. Beowulf came from a tribe called Wendla, known to many Saxons for fighting and wisdom. This is something that a great warrior must have, for example in the story he turned the words of Grendel around and made it possible for the people to protect each other from evil amongst them. By doing that Beowulf killed Grendel the strongest dragon ever alive. Beowulf also illustrates the Saxons beliefs because he never gave up and always kept trying. For example when he killed Grendel he became king of the Danish people and he ruled fifty plus winters, which kept all the people satisfied. If Beowulf was not a good protector or warrior of England he would not have had those fifty plus years nor would he have fought another dragon and gave his life for his people. So I think that’s how Beowulf has lived up to the Anglo-Saxons culture, because of him being strong, brave, and wise all together.

#3- Hero Beowulf
The hero stories from our culture are always imaginative in some ways. For instance the heroes always escape from the bad guys and always end up making matters right again. That’s kind of what Beowulf does, he fights the bad guys and in the end he succeeds. For example in the story Beowulf has a plan that he’s gong to defeat Grendel the monster. He does in a long run, but he fights him and that makes things better again. Also the hero stories from our culture consider that a hero can be formed in many ways. This means that anyone no matter what size, shape, belief are always a hero in some way. That’s kind of like Grendel who in some ways seemed like the other warrior, but in time he surprised everyone by actually killing Grendel and by being their king for fifty winters. He showed them that his characteristics are somewhat the same like others and that giving up was not the way out. Heroes of now and back then still kind of have the same characteristics and Beowulf’s one of them.
#4-Beowulf Dies
Before Beowulf died I never thought that his sword would’ve failed. That kind of surprised me that a strong man of his nature had finally took his journey. His last words were very saddening:
Now should I give my sons my battle garments, but fate did not grant that I have sons. I ruled fifty winters. Not one king among the neighboring peoples dared greet me with a sword; I feared no one. I awaited my destiny well: never did I plot a quarrel, never did I swear an unjust oath. I take joy in this despite a mortal wound. (Episode 12)
These words of Beowulf made it real understanding to me that he was kind of glad in some ways to have lived his journey till this point. It was very disturbing to see a man fall so hard without the help of his warriors.
The reason why I say that is because they left him behind with the dragon. They were too afraid to stand up to him, now it shows that they’ve always awaited Beowulf to do everything for them. Beowulf funeral was very sad to me, because I hated to see a good warrior die. His warriors cried many tears at the funeral, at first I didn’t understand why, but then I realized they’d known they had, made a mistake. Beowulf was the "one" who ended all the pain for the Danish people, now he can rest and enjoy the clouds up above.