The Importance of Highly Valued Traits to Anglo-Saxons (Courage, Generosity, Loyalty, and Courtesy) in Beowulf

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Ancient Anglo-Saxon society was based around four highly valued traits; Courage, Generosity, Loyalty, and Courtesy. It is of these four characteristics in which many epic tales were created, and thus passed down for many years through oral account. All of these attributes compile to form what we consider today as a heroic figure. The poem Beowulf denotes all of these traits through many of the heroic characters throughout the course of the poem.
The attribute of courage is clearly evident throughout the entire poem. Everything Beo…