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He is Higlac'c relative
Had a noble birth
He had to pay off the debt that his father created -
He heard of the terrible things that a beast named Grendel was doing.
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Beowulf demands a boat and has to pick 14 men to take with him on his journey.
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He wanted to do it by himself with no help from Hrothgar and his men.
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His supernatural helper and aid in the battles is his strength, and his bravery.
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His special weapon in the battle between Beowulf and Grendel, is Beowulf's hands. He wanted to use nothing but his hands.
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When fighting with the dragon, he chose to fight with nothing but his hands. This causing his death.
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Beowulf went from wanting to clean his fathers slate. He matures through out the story, to fighting to save the lives of the Geat's.
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Never returns from his last request so we do not know what the return home would have turned out.
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Beowulf mastered two different words because he cleared his fathers debt that was all he wanted to do but by the end of the story, he was the king of the Geats, and he could not just fight for himself, but for his followers.