Beowulf, The Hero Of Danes

Beowulf, the Hero of Danes What qualities or characteristics make a hero? Joseph Campbell, a mythologist, writer, and lecturer, once said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Beowulf, the main character in the epic poem and the person whom the poem was named after, portrays many attributes that mirror the hero’s mentality or attitude described above by Joseph Campbell. Beowulf did just as joseph Campbell described, he sacrificed his life for something bigger than himself, which was the preservation of Danes, and for the protection of the people he loved. Beowulf is a hero because he fought for the benefit of others, he shows great loyal, immense love, and most importantly, Beowulf shows pronounced