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Beowulf - College Essays

Beowulf

is a very complex piece of literature, or perhaps I just have a small mind, never the less it was difficult for me to understand. It was originally a folk-lore, passed verbally through the years, therefore it was told in a manor that could be easily remembered and retold. This story was told, possibly sang, to warriors before they went into battle. It was told to then to put a sense of bravery. When this story was told, the narrator used alliteration, kenning, and a sing-song pattern; this helped the story teller to remember the story.
Who the original speaker is in this story is not stated; but the reader gets the idea that it is a person that was watching from a distance. It was ...

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extracted from the story. "Then the dangerous dragon…" It goes on to emphasize the burdening problem the dragon, "…scourge of the Geats…" is towards the innocent Geats. When in reality, the Geats were doing as much killing as the dragon, and their killing was probably less justifiable than the dragons, considering the dragon was fighting for his own survival. In this case though the dragon was killing in a rage, over his missing treasure. Nevertheless, the Geats see the dragon as pure evil. "(He) was intent a third time upon attack…" Perhaps by his relentless attacking it suggests that evil is always there, that we may keep fighting it, but it forever keeps fighting back. Then our hero is introduced. "…he rushed towards the renowned man…" Just from this excerpt, we know that is a man held above the average man. We are constantly reminded of how honorable is. "…great courage, strength, and daring, as was his nature." is referred to as being a renowned man twice in ...

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Added: 1/26/2007 03:17:03 PM
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