(572-573) “Often, for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked.”
The narrator reminds us that God chooses our fate. However in this passage Beowulf argues that if your fate hasn’t been decided for you yet, that it is possible to succeed through pure nerve and courageous behavior. This is Beowulf’s hope at least, considering it doesn’t really work out for him at the end.
This passage seems more pagan: fate being "wyrd".
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