Beowulf

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and far off places. Beowulf said
that his father was favored far and wide because he was a very noble lord. "The
swift current , the surging water carried me to the far off Land of the Lapps ,"
said Beowulf as he told a story to one of Hroathgars' retainers. When Beowulf
talked of where Grendel lived he said ,"These two live in a little known country
with wolf-slopes , windswept headlands where a mountain stream plunges."
The protagonist of Beowulf , Beowulf , is a figure of national and
international importance with great historical and legendary significance. "Then
he who feared no man , the proud leader of the Geats," said the author about
Beowulf before he went to seek Grendel. Another example the narrator uses to
show the importance of Beowulf is ,"Truly , the leader of the Geats fervently
trusted in his own strength and in Gods grace." Once more the narrator said this
of Beowulf ,"One of the Hygelacs thanes , Beowulf by name , renounced among the
Geats for his great ...

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