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Heroism Beowulf, an epic hero from sixth century Scandinavia, is truly the embodiment of the ideals of his time. In his adventures he shows off the qualities at that time revered as heroic. Truly Beowulf is the quintessence of the Anglo-Saxon man of that era. He displays many qualities that show some of the conflicts of the era. Proud and humble, Christian and pagan, Beowulf’s character encompasses many seeming contradictions. One of the oldest stories still known to man, handed down orally from generation to generation, Beowulf still remains true to his time and to his culture. In his journeys Beowulf’s conduct is flamboyant and self-assured to the point of being pompous. In the time when this epic was first told though being that self-assured was not a bad thing. Where as today anyone boasting that their “days of youth had been filled with glory” and that they could single-handedly do