rdin this battle! With bare hands shall I grapple with the fiend, fight to thedeath here, hater and hated! He who is chosen shall deliver himself to theLord's judgment (Beowulf 64-5). He is a man of honor, and seeks that honorthroughout his life. He feels that the fight shall be on even terms, of noweapons on each side. This honor is another aspect of the society of the times.The idea of honor to your allies and towns people to help them with their needswas existent to survive in these times of invasions by other tribes and hoards,and strengthening the ties leading to the forming of nation states. He is also aman of God, with this statement, ...shall deliver himself to the Lord'sjudgment. (65) He vows to send Grendal to God for judgment on his evil deeds onearth. Beowulf as a warrior ,has two levels to his character; an upper level, ofhonor and religion, and a lower level of sheer emotion and power. Of theselevels of Beowulf, we see the lower level dominates his personality with powerand emotion dictating his actions and speeches, but later in life, as king,relies more on his religion and honor to dictate the judgment of what is rightor wrong. No longer do the gods of Rome and Greek mythology dictate what iswrong or right, with offerings to appease the gods. With the knowledge in thewarrior for what is, and will be, wrong, has an effect of making Beowulf anextension of God. In all these acts of honor, Gods glory above all is sought. Sir Lancelot becomes the final touch to the evolution of the warrior. He isa warrior with all the attributes of the warriors before him. He has the skillof Odysseus with control of his emotions, thoughts, actions, and the same puredesire for something. He has the same honor, and belief in God's guidance towhat is right as Beowulf believed. Before Lancelot, the warriors all battled thelikes of monsters, either from the will of the gods or monsters on their ownmission. Lancelot is a man who has no battles ...
