Summary: Fifty years pass. Hygelac has died in a distant land, leaving Beowulf to reign the Geats. In the fiftieth…
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Beowulf Summary and Analysis of Lines 2538-2819
Summary: After giving his farewell speech, Beowulf turns, gives a mighty shout, and charges forward. The dragon hears the shout…
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Summary: Wiglaf weeps for his lord’s exchange of “those lordly treasures for his life’s boundary.” The dragon lies dead, vanquished…
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E-text of Beowulf http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/English/Beowulf/eBeowulf/guide.htm Resources for Studying Beowulf http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/beowulf/beowulf.html Adventures of Beowulf http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/index.html Anglo-Saxon Culture http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/british_isles/anglo-saxon/anglo-saxon.html
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Latonya Wright, author of ClassicNote. Completed on March 14, 2000, copyright held by GradeSaver. Anonymous. Beowulf Late tenth century manuscript.
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Beowulf, the Old-English epic poem, is characteristic of its Nordic-Germanic roots as a tale of a great Scandinavian warrior –…
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Although Seamus Heaney and R. M. Liuzza have both translated the literary work Beowulf from Old English text, subtle differences…
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Beowulf (/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/;[2] Old English: [ˈbeːo̯wulf]) is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the…
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The events in the poem take place over most of the sixth century, after the Anglo-Saxons had started migrating to…
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The protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great…
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The dating of Beowulf has attracted considerable scholarly attention and opinion differs as to whether it was first written in…
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Throughout early English literature as well as modern stories of various mediums, a popular literary device is that of allegory.…
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The supernatural is a literary device that has frequently been utilized in works of fiction. The purpose of this literary…
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Summary: As the Danes slumber, another sinister monster trudges toward Heorot. It is Grendel’s mother, who is also dammed to…
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Summary: The Geats return to Heorot, where Beowulf presents the head and the hilt to Hrothgar. Hrothgar marvels at the…
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Summary: Beowulf and the Geats return to their homeland with much rejoicing and giving of gifts. Again they “follow the…
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Beowulf is the first surviving epic written in the English language. The single existing copy of the manuscript dates from…
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In the historic epic Beowulf, its title character, Beowulf, is perceived as an unconventional as well as a traditional hero…
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Fealty is one of the greatly-recognized values of the Anglo-Saxon world. Often defined as a type of loyalty or allegiance,…
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Archetypes stir profound emotions in the reader because they awaken images stored in the collective unconscious. In Seamus Haney’s translation…
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