Beowulf

Beowulf Beowulf Loyalty and Generosity in Beowulf The society depicted in the poem “Beowulf” depended on two basic characteristics of its people. Loyalty and generosity are the two characteristics that bound this culture together. Throughout the poem, the people must depend on the loyalty and generosity of Beowulf and his warriors to defend them from evil. Society as described in Beowulf, was a very warlike society therefore, if Beowulf and his warriors were not giving of themselves in order to protect their people, the end result might have been drastically different. In the days of Beowulf the only reason for living was to be a loyal person, even if that meant death. If you were not a loyal person you basically had no reason to live because people would not even recognize you as a normal man. So it seems pretty obvious why most people during this time in society, were very loyal to their society and families. And in being a loyal person, also came giving of yourself. When the monster Grendel hears of the joy in Heorot and comes down to attack Beowulf’s people the Danes, this is the first time we see loyalty'''' When Beowulf hears of what beowulf, unferth, people, loyal, grendel, society, loyalty, man, generosity, grendel’s, fight, beowulf’s, very, two, symbol, sword, person, mother, monster, lawrence, feldman, being, battle, argues, argue, another, about, writes, while, way, test, sea, reason, prideful, pride, poem