How Does Beowulf Die. The geat warriors went to war against grendel's mother because they thought she would attack them now that beowulf was dead. But he really died because his past and his pride blinded him to the reality that he was an aging king who could no longer perform the same feats of strength and bravery, making him a tragic hero.
Beowulf is killed by the dragon, who bites beowulf within the neck and imbues him with poison. This however comes at a great cost as beowulf pays the price with his life. Courage in beowulf beowulf had died fighting which means that he will go to valhalla and that is a place where you go if you have died in honor in combat.
