Beowulf Evil vs. Good

In this system, the king or feudal lord provides land, weapons, and a share of treasure to his warriors in return for their support of the leader in battle. In the case of Beowulf Hrothgar accepted Beowulf’s offer to defeat the monster, Grendel that was terrorizing he and his people. Treasure is not only a tradition of thanks in that time but was something that was expected if someone came and did a favor for you. I think that Beowulf came to the Danes not only in thought of helping a fellow but in more thought of the recognition and name that he would get along with the treasure that would be received. Beowulf strikes me as a very materialistic person and even after he kills Grendel he wanted to be able to prove what he had done, he wanted something that was tangible that he could show Hrothgar and his people but yet was content with having just Grendel’s arm to show. I think that Beowulf is concerned with the tangible things in order to prove himself to other but that he is worried most about his reputation and his status a bit more. In most cases is it easy to understand the relationship of material things to the characters but in the case of Beowulf I think that it is a little more complex then what is on the surface when you first read Beowulf. He seems to be a person who wants the title of being a hero and saving the day but along with that he wants people to recognize that although they have a king wo is supposed to have resources to protect them he came by his own will and asked for nothing in return for defeating Grendel. When we think of the context of how a hero is recognized in our generation we think of someone like Spiderman or Superman who once they had protected the people they got the girl or had the girl that fell in love with them but not in the case of Beowulf. Beowulf in a way is like the hero’s we think of today, he volunteered to help Hrothgar, he was not asked or beckoned but yet wanted to help someone who was in need and protect them from...