Beowulf

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   amy-lepore Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   Line numbers sometimes differ, so I'm taking a chance on this--I hope that the speech to which you refer is the speech he makes to the Danes and their nobility:

   When we crossed the sea, my comrades and I, I already knew that all my purpose was this:  to win the good will of your people or die in battle, pressed in Grendel's fierce grip.  Let me live in greatness and courage, or here in this hall welcome my death!

   From this, we know that Beowulf is brave, boastful, confident, and resolved to be victorious or die.  He is a good leader, or the men he brought with him would not have come. His brave words give Hrothgar and his wife, Welthow, encouragement and hope for the future of their land.

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   Posted by amy-lepore on Monday March 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM
   
   

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