A Germanic heroic, as described by Dr. Wagner, consist of 5 traits. The 5 traits are: they must have a king, the followers were loyal and known as his comitatus, they were rewarded with the spoils of battle, they must be loyal to fight to death, and it was sacred duty to kill whomever killed the king. Beowulf met all of these characteristics and is considered a Germanic hero. However, similar to Aristotle’s tragic hero, Beowulf does display the flaws of hamartia and hubris. Hubris, as defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is “excessive pride or self-confidence.” We see Beowulf display this characteristic many times throughout the story of “Beowulf.” At line 1442-43, as Beowulf is getting ready for a battle, we see him begin to display hubris. The book states, “Beowulf got ready, donned his war-gear, indifferent to death; his mighty, hand-forged, fine-webbed mail would soon meet with the menace underwater. The section of this quote that states that Beowulf was “indifferent to death,” is hubris. Beowulf was not worried about dying during this battle. He was confident that death was not an option during this battle. His “indifference” towards death displays his self-pride and helps to prove his hubris. We see Beowulf’s hubris again in lines 2345-46. These lines state that, “Yet the prince of rings was too proud to line up with a large army.” Beowulf being the prince of rings, this quote directly stated that Beowulf was “too proud” to fight along side other people. This quote again displays Beowulf’s hubris by him being ultimately “too proud” for someone else’s help. Pride is one of the key characteristics of hubris. Hamartia, as described by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is a “fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero.” Beowulf’s fatal flaw is his hubris, which ends up leading him to a downfall. His downfall in “Beowulf” is his death at the end of the epic p