Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code? Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son: "Grieve not, O wise
one! for each it is better, His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him; Each of us must the end-day abide of His earthly existence; who is able accomplish Glory ere death! To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting. Arise, O king, quick let us hasten To look at the footprint of the kinsman of Grendel! I promise thee this now: to his place he’ll escape not, . . ."
The warrior's code valued loyalty, strength, and bravery. Based on this, we can highlight these values in the following sections.:
Bravery: "Each of us must the end-day abide of." In this excerpt Beowulf shows bravery in accepting that death will come to all, it is a natural thing that we should not fear, but rather accept when the time comes. In the passage "To look at the footprint of the kingsman of Grendel!" Beowulf shows the bravery in confronting Grendel's mother (a monstrous creature of unnatural strength) if she tries to stop him from achieving his goals.
Loyalty: "I promise you this now: to his place he'll escape not, ..." In this passage, Bewoulf takes an oath to the king, showing all his loyalty and fidelity to the sovereign.
<span>And in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. But strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood.</span>
