How does Emersons ideas align with Beowulf?

After reading about both Beowulf and what Emerson’s ideas of what a hero are, I believe that Emerson would consider Beowulf to be a hero. This is because Beowulf has qualities that Emerson considers heroic, such as having a warlie attitude towards e! ternal evils, being confident, not worr"ing about the difficult" or safet" of his tas, and being undaunted in his #ursuit of evil. Beowulf is shown to have a warlie attitude towards e! ternal evils because he says he will defeat Grendel because he is an evil monster that is killing innocent people. His Condence is shown by him wanting to defeat the monster by its own means. Beowulf is unfazed by the tales of the strength of Grendel and does not fear for his own safety and only seeks to protect the people than Grendel hurts, this shows that he does not worry about the diculty or safety of his tasks.! nd lastly, Beowulf is undaunted because even after hearing of the horrible things that Grendelhas done and seeing them rst"hand, Beowulf is still condent in his ability to defeat him.