One of Beowulf's main characteristics is his ever present pride. To most protagonists their pride is usually explained by a friend or narrator. However, Beowulf is one who likes to show the whole world how important and valuable he is to them. Through out the chapters which we have read it seems as though the whole point in the book is to show off his strength. He presents himself before a fight with boasting and …showed first 75 words of 550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 550 total…responsibility for besides himself.         Throughout Beowulf's three fights he constantly had self pride and showed his worth to everyone. However, as he got older and fought more battles he realized that there was a possibility that he could die. As Beowulf gets closer to death, he sees that his pride won't watch over his men or wear his armor. After he realized that with fame came responsibility, he still was a proud and boastful man.