Call+To+Adventure

Beowulf was not called to adventure. He took it upon himself to sail out to the Danes and help them defeat the monster that was crushing their society.


 * "We have arrived here on a great errand to the lord of the Danes, and I believe therefore there should be nothing hidden or withheld between us. So tell us if what we have head is true about this threat, whatever it is, this danger abroad in the dark nights, this corpse-maker mongering death in the Shieldings' country. I come to proffer my wholehearted help and counsel," (270-278).**