some nice things. shaha

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Beowulf believed that he was a very strong person. He shows this by going to fight the dragon when he was an old man, and not backing away even though he only had one other man with him. He did end up dying after the fight but it showed that he was strong and would accomplish what he wanted to. He didn't believe it was all himself though. After all the times he had done something herotic he gave credit to God. He showed that he had a strong christan influence on his life. He thought that God had always gave him the strenght to acomplish all of the great things he did. "The world is God's, He allows a man to grow famous, and his family rich, gives him land and towns to rule and delight in." (Raffel 73 lines 1728-1731). God had given him and good life to talk about, and kept him alive through many tough battles so he had a very strong faith in him. He believed he would always keep him alive, and I don't think he thought he was going to die from the dragon because he had never had any issues before, but when he was dying he didn't blame any of it on God and was okay with it. Beowulf also wanted other people to think well of him. This is why some might say he bragged. He wanted others to know all of the great things he had done and how he had acomplished all of it. He ended up having a very good reputation. "So Edgetho's son proved himself, did as a famous soldier must do if glory is what he seeks: not killing his comrades in drunken rages, his heart not savage, but guarding God's gracious gift, his strength, using it only in war, and then using it bravely."(Raffel 91 lines 2177-2183). After his death people saw him as a good fighter and a great man. He always used what God had given him to the best he could and didn't use it for uneeded issues. Beowulf showed that he believed in God, and wanted to always have a good reputaion both things he kept through out the whole book.

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