The focal point of this section of the epic poem Beowulf is what the model warrior should be like. Like Beowulf , we are all warriors. We fight monsters every day of our lives, perhaps not giants and dragons, but fear, pressure, people, drugs, and numerous other demons which are the stumbling blocks we fall over, and the unlit corridors and corners which we must walk through. Many of them we create ourselves in our selfishness, arrogance, hatred, and pride. It is good to be proud of what we do and where we come from, but too much pride becomes fuel for selfishness, arrogance, and hatred.
Pride is a theme often used by writers in many works of literature.
In Beowulf Hrothgar gives an example of hubris and its effects in his tale about Heremod . Heremod grew blood-thisty. His pride led him to the slaughtering of his kinsmen. We need not stop at literature. We can see it in our lives.