Theme of Courage
Courage is what separates great warriors of bad ones. In order to go into battle you have to go in willing to accept the fact that you may not come out. But at the same time you have to be in defiance to death and not let it be an option. So basically you need to think you were invincible, which was exactly what Beowulf’s attitude was. He knew someday he would be defeated, and when that day come (day of the dragon) he knew before it happened and he just accepted it and made peace with it thinking he was dieing for the greater good. It takes immense courage to be able to go into battle knowing you are going to die.
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