Beowulf DJ #5

"From where he crouched at the king's feet, Unferth, a son of Ecglaf's, spoke contrary words. Beowulf's coming, his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:"

Unferth is the opposite of a good warrior, he starts bickering with Beowulf and questioning Beowulf's, when he really doesn't have any strengths of his own. Unferths name stands for Folly, which means lack of good sense, or foolishness. Unferth could be compared to a jester, although he claims to be a "warrior" his actions and his strengths are much more similar to a court jester. An example of his foolishness would be when he started a flyte with Beowulf, there would be no possible way that Unferth could ever match up against Beowulf, but he envies him so much that he felt the need to anyway.