During the battle with Grendel, Beowulf knew that many men had attempted to defeat him, and many men had failed. This didn't stop Beowulf though, he knew that if anyone had a chance of defeating the beast it was him, even if it meant he might die. He knew that if he didn't take the chance many more men would die. He sat down to fight Grendel and after a long battle Grendel was finally defeated, Beowulf risked his own life to save the others. Although Beowulf thought he was done with Grendel's threats, this was not the case. Grendel's mother was enraged by her son's death and began to terrorize the king's men, just as her Grendel had done. Everyone knew that Beowulf was the only one who could stop her, so once again he decided to risk his life to save others. Beowulf was almost defeated during this fight, but in the end he killed Grendel's mother, for this he became king of the Geats and ruled without fighting for 50 years, until the Dragon attacked and burned his house. Even Beowulf knew his chances of winning this fight were slim, but he knew what he had to do. At the end of the fight Beowulf won, the Dragon was dead, but Beowulf suffered a wound from the dragon and died too. Thanks to Beowulf's sacrifices, once people were finally safe