Loyalty In Beowulf

Beowulf focuses on the strengths in loyalty. The ideal presentation of loyalty is shown through the protagonist, Beowulf. Loyalty is one of Beowulf's guiding virtues throughout the epic poem. Because he is such the ideal nobleman, the failure of others in the epic poem to be as great as Beowulf makes him seem more noble and faithful. Beowulf was always very loyal to all of his country, kingdom, king and subjects around him. With all of this and his courage, he was a model hero for what he was portrayed, as through the epic as the perfect warrior. As talked about in the epic poem, Beowulf is fiercely loyal, he has devotion with all that are not enemies. Beowulf’s king Hygelac, his host, Hrothgar, the king of the danes and his faithful men that
A person's life was determined by their rank and status in their country. Those who were the loyalists of their rulers followers received a handful of kindness from that ruler, which lead to having a better life with a better rank. A lot of the rulers depended on the loyalty of their others and kings. Without that, it would fall from power. Beowulf worked mainly out of loyalty, he tried to be a servant to his king by making peaceful friendship between the Danes and Geats. He created that peaceful friendship by defeating Grendel and his mother. Because Beowulf wasn’t selfish and unloyal, it gave him a well known reputation and popularity with both the Geats and Danes and their kings. In Beowulf, there is a part that says, “Nor have I seen a mightier man-at-arms on this earth than the one standing here: unless I am mistaken, he is truly noble. There is no more hanger-on in a hero’s armour.” (244) Beowulf’s identity as a hero has become pretty obvious to the Danes just by looking at him. He’s actually the real deal and not someone he isn’t, he seems to have the “realness” exposed more. The acts demonstrated by Beowulf show the amount of loyalty that was put into this epic poem and made him stand out amongst his