Describe how the kings are portrayed throughout the story of Beowulf

The nature of leadership is a big issue in Beowulf. In your essay, describe how the kings are portrayed throughout the story, including the ones in the “digressions” (like the poems-within-poems about people like Sigemund and Heremod). What are the virtues that make good kings good? What are the vices that make bad kings bad? Think about the historical position that the Anglo-Saxons were in around the time Beowulf was composed. What could have been going on that made them interested in a poem that concerned itself with good and bad kingship?