Shame on Beowulf.

What?

Shame on Beowulf.

Who's that? Reveal
yourself coward.

Remember Breca?

How do you know
that? Who are you?

You lost Beowulf:

Beowulf: You weren't there Unferth,
you lying snake. Breca won it is true,
but it was just a swimming contest.

I abandoned the race to kill the
sea-monsters that would have eaten
us both. Good prioritisation I think.

No match for Grendel.

I will destroy Grendel!
Who here has shown the courage
that I have shown? Who will
swear to fight this monster?

Foolish Beowulf!

Silence you fool. Too much
beer-drinking has made you boastful!
But what can you boast of? What
great deeds have you done? If you are
so brave why is Grendel still alive?
Unferth?
There was no reply to that. That night
I took up position in the Hall with 14
of my most trusted men. I surprised
them all by taking off my sword and
laying it aside. They thought perhaps
that Unferth's mockery had driven me
to be reckless and foolish in the face of
danger, behaving as if I had something
to prove. But it had occurred to me that
everyone who had faced Grendel had
done so armed with swords, axes and
spears, and they had all failed. I dared
to be different. I would try another way.