This feature is expressed through Beowulf’s actions when he tells his men that “’… this fight is not yours, nor is it up to any man except me to measure his strength against the monster or to prove his worth. I shall win the gold by my courage, or else mortal combat , doom of battle, will bear your lord away’” (84; par. 2). Beowulf bravery is eminent in the quote as he heads into battle alone which is in no way a coward’s path. His courage is once again recognized by Harold Bloom when he says, “[Beowulf's] virtues have nothing to do with salvation, and everything to do with warlike courage” (“Bloom”). Without courage, Beowulf would have never left home in the quest of fighting and killing Grendel which, in turn, would have stopped all of the successes that he achieves later in life including becoming
This feature is expressed through Beowulf’s actions when he tells his men that “’… this fight is not yours, nor is it up to any man except me to measure his strength against the monster or to prove his worth. I shall win the gold by my courage, or else mortal combat , doom of battle, will bear your lord away’” (84; par. 2). Beowulf bravery is eminent in the quote as he heads into battle alone which is in no way a coward’s path. His courage is once again recognized by Harold Bloom when he says, “[Beowulf's] virtues have nothing to do with salvation, and everything to do with warlike courage” (“Bloom”). Without courage, Beowulf would have never left home in the quest of fighting and killing Grendel which, in turn, would have stopped all of the successes that he achieves later in life including becoming