Code of Honor in the Epic of Beowulf :: Epic Beowulf essays

Beowulf  Code of Honor       After fighting and winning many battles, Beowulfs heart enters a new stage when he lastly becomes king of his homeland, Geatland. Even in his old age, his code of honor still obligates him to fight against an evil, untrained genus Draco. For cardinal years he has governed his kingdom well. While Beowulf is governing, the potassium hydrogen tartrate ...kept watch over a hoard, a steep stone-barrow (Norton 55). Under it lays a path concealed from the spile of men. Over centuries no one had disturbed the dragons kingdom until one day when a thief broke into the treasure, laid hand on a cup fretted with gold, which infuriated the dragon. The fiery dragon had destroyed the peoples stronghold, the land along the sea, the heart of the country (Norton 57).            Beowulf is an epic poem that was written in the late tenth-century, at the kingdom of the West Saxons. The two main cha racters are Beowulf, a young man and Grendel, a furious dragon. Beowulfs world is a actually violent society with wars as a dominant part of daily life. Dragons and monsters are a constant threat to the Danes and the Geats. Warriors are a necessity to this war-like society. Beowulf is a hero as well as a great, and honorable, warrior.            After fighting and winning many battles, Beowulfs life enters a new stage when he finally becomes king of his homeland, Geatland. Even in his old age, his code of honor still obligates him to fight against an evil, fiery dragon. For fifty years he has governed his kingdom well. While Beowulf is governing, the dragon ...kept watch over a hoard, a steep stone-barrow (Norton 55). Under it lays a path concealed from the sight of men. Over centuries no one had disturbed the dragons kingdom until one day when a thief broke into the treasure, laid hand on a cup fretted with gold, which infuriated the dragon . The fiery dragon had destroyed the peoples stronghold, the land along the sea, the heart of the country (Norton 57). Beowulf prepares to fight a dragon with his thane, Wiglaf.  Beowulf has no fear of the dragon, because he has fought many enemies that were much more ferocious. One example of Beowulfs great battles is the fight with Grendel. No one other than Beowulf is brave enough or strong enough to volunteer to fight Grendel.