Modern American Beowulf

              Beowulf would not be considered a bad character, but personally I would not give him as many props for what he has really done. I would say modern American Beowulf would be America's participation within other countries issues. At all costs they are made from good intentions but could be considered intrusive. I don't have enough background information to strongly support the subject of Americas history but I feel America has a powerful sense of confidence when addressing others just as Beowulf did entering Denmark. Telling them he is the greatest and with their approval he will rid them of the monster. We seem to be a powerhouse of the world and by that we have this sense of certainty or boldness about ourselves. America also seems to have a tendency to involve themselves into other countries issues. Not always when asked. Beowulf came from a far away land all the way to Denmark telling them he was here to solve their problems, nowing fully well he could accomplish the task. American seems to take these issues with the same mind set, yet the outcomes don't  to be the case and often, we dig themselves or ourselves deeper in the problem. Not to say that it was a bad idea for Beowulf to come, obviously if not for him there would be hundreds more dead, but there was there was no invitation to it. I'm fairly  sure that America did involve itself within places such as Haiti to promote democracy or in Kosovo to end genocide, and  not saying that it was a bad idea because we are spreading 'good' ( or our idea of good), but there was no starting act of a call for help. Again I'm not at all against what Beowulf had done to come and defeat Grendel but he did just place himself very confidently in that position, just as America has with many other countries.  And that seems to have a negative connotation in a wide part in the audience of America. This is why I believe America's positions within other countries issues is a modern American Beowulf.