Who is beowulf

Why does Beowulf want to fight Grendel? What warning does Hrothgar give Beowulf? What is Grendel? Why does Beowulf want to see the treasure? Characters Beowulf. Previous section Character List Next section Grendel. Popular pages: Beowulf. Take a Study Break. She is a descendant of Cain. She kills Aeschere as revenge for her son's death. She finally dies in an underwater battle with the hero, Beowulf. He is Beowulf's uncle, King of the Geats. It is to him that Beowulf wishes his treasures to be sent if anything should happen to him.

He is the King of Danes. He has a great deal of compassion for his warriors and his people. This man isn't afraid to hide his emotions. This is important because at the time, according to the warrior code, a man was not to show his feelings publicly. He builds a mead-hall and names it Heorot for his warriors to celebrate success.

Hrothgar is a wise and admirable king to his people, but lacks strength to physically combat his and his people's enemies, as he is an aging King. He is King of the Heatho-Bards. In his old age, he proves a wise and effective ruler. The king of the Danes. Hrothgar enjoys military success and prosperity until Grendel terrorizes his realm. A wise and aged ruler, Hrothgar represents a different kind of leadership from that exhibited by the youthful warrior Beowulf.

He is a father figure to Beowulf and a model for the kind of king that Beowulf becomes. An ancient, powerful serpent, the dragon guards a horde of treasure in a hidden mound. The second king listed in the genealogy of Danish rulers with which the poem begins.

Beow is the son of Shield Sheafson and father of Halfdane. The narrator presents Beow as a gift from God to a people in need of a leader. The father of Hrothgar, Heorogar, Halga, and an unnamed daughter who married a king of the Swedes, Halfdane succeeded Beow as ruler of the Danes. A Danish warrior who is jealous of Beowulf, Unferth is unable or unwilling to fight Grendel, thus proving himself inferior to Beowulf. Hygelac heartily welcomes Beowulf back from Denmark.

Hygd is contrasted with Queen Modthryth. A young kinsman and retainer of Beowulf who helps him in the fight against the dragon while all of the other warriors run away.