Beowulf is very much a romance it fits just about all the requirements and standards that a romance is expected to have. The things that really make a romance is the long rigorous journey, the hero with victorious battles, and then the ruler or king role when he returns to his homeland; all these things are very common in Beowulf, this it is of course a romance. The first big sign that this was going to be a romance was when Beowulf sails to Denmark to slay Grendel, this is the journey which is leading to the battle. With the battle not only does he defeat Grendel but his mother as well, w…
