power. Next, since he is famous. Fame is power as well. This is why Beowulf had the option of becoming king instead of Higlacs heir, because Beowulf had an undeniably good reputation in battle. This is shown on page 97. The passage state, Higlacs widow brought him the crown, offered him the kingdom, not trusting Herdred, her son and Higlacs, to beat foreign invaders. A negative repercussion of bravery in this epic is that due to Beowulfs bravery and fame he keeps all the attackers away from the Geats. This doesnt sound like a negative repercussion, but in the long run it is. After Beowulf dies he leave the Wiglaf to take over for him. This is a big job because all the people that wanted to attack the Geats before (when Beowulf was king) will now feel like they can attack again. They will probably be pretty mad as well, because theyve been forced to wait so long to attack. On page 117 the feelings of some Geats are revealed. They say that, As soon as theyve learned how our lord is dead, know that the Geats are leaderless, have lost the best of kings, Beowulf-he who held our enemies away, kept land and treasure intact, who saved Hrothgar and the Danes-he who lived his whole life bravely. The final negative repercussion of bravery in this epic is that it can make people make unwise decisions. This is demonstrated with Beowulf. He could have stayed, and let the dragon go back to sleep, instead he went off to fight the dragon. So he demonstrated his bravery yet one more time. I believe the old adage live by the sword, die by the sword would apply in this case. Beowulf was always brave; his bravery always brought him fame or wealth. This time however, Beowulf dies bravely. As Beowulf said to Wiglaf on page 110 as he was dying, Youre the last of all our far-flung family, fate has swept our race away. Taken warriors in their strength and led them to the death that was waiting. And Now I follow them.In conclusion I...
