Monsters Come From Within Us
In life, community is where strength of an individual is created, so when there is a constant fear within all of us due to a monster, this tension grows that leads us to always be terrified of what is coming next. Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Monsters we have to deal with include sadness, humiliation, abandonment, hunger, poverty, loneliness, etc. Humans enter a psychological state of constant fear and irritability that affects our daily lives and the manner in which we choose to live it because of an interaction with a "monster." The human condition is often involuntary due to our natural reactions to situations because life is so unexpected. Having to always be prepared for anything is a constant battle and living in worry and panic is unacceptable. People fear being alone and death among multiple other things, so when a community is broken up and the fearful people are left without their backbones (to be on their own) fear emerges and can be reverted with regained confidence and help from others.
Deep down everyone must be afraid of something. If you weren't afraid of anything you wouldn't be human. Whether it's small or large it will affect your actions when having to interact with it. Everyone can be scared but strength in numbers prevents an individual from feeling alone and powerless to face the monster without help.
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Even though there is no exact date of first publication for Beowulf and the author is anonymous, at the assumed time this poem was written, Anglo-Saxon people lived and believed strongly in brotherhood. The epic hero portrays how a perfect warrior or leader would have lived. Whatever virtues a given culture prizes, the epic hero would possess. Bringing virtue to perfection is what the epic hero accomplished.
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