Beowulf as a Modern Day Role Model Beowulf was a hero, a role model and someone who people could depend on. He was a Scandinavian prince, who rids the Danes of the monster, Grendel. Fifty years later, Beowulf was now king of his native land. He fights a dragon that has devastated his people. Both Beowulf and the dragon are mortally wounded in the fight. Beowulf was then cremated on a giant funeral pyre. Beowulf …showed first 75 words of 307 total…

…showed last 75 words of 307 total…they didn’t ever get a chance to know. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that Bewoulf wouldn’t be a role model in today’s world. Jesus and Beowulf loved their people and died for them. In society today, Jesus is a role model. Why wouldn’t Beowulf be? The simple answer to that question is that he would be. A hero in the past, is still a hero today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**