(Line 24-25) “Behavior that’s admired is the path to power among people everywhere.”
This is saying that behaving in a way that pleases people and looks good through other people’s eyes will lead you to a place of high power. So if you are an honorable person who doesn’t get involved in things such as killing your own kin or committing some other un forgivable act, then you will be seen as a worthy leader to your people. This trait and fact of life is still true today, all of our great leaders and “rulers” have been looked up too and admired and selected by the people because of their honorable lifestyles. This is important in the poem because Beowulf kills Grendal and Grendal’s mother, the “monsters”, which greatly pleases all of his people therefore they crown him king.
This is a good quote to pick out and analyzes. What is the author doing with it? Why is it in the text? Does it relate to a larger theme?
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