Part one of term paper
The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo- Saxon times. The hero of the poem, Beowulf, is portrayed as an invincible warrior with all the amazing, non-human like traits required by an Anglo- Saxon hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to defend and put his people before himself at all ...

Part two of term paper
... He truly is a prime example of an epic hero. First of all, Beowulf is a hero in the eyes of his fellow men through his amazing physical strength. Through out the epic he fought in numerous battles and returned victorious from all but his last. For example, in one of Beowulf’s battles, he fights an unbelievably ferocious dragon. Any other man of the time will be defeated by the deathly dragon, but Beowulf’s unique strength and his warrior like mentality overcome the dragon and he is once aga ...