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A Modern Viewpoint on Beowulf

The writer considers how we might learn about Beowulf's society by considering what sort of society might have developed if it had...

The Heroism of Beowulf

turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...

The Un-Human Enemies of Beowulf

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

English Versification Development

In five pages this research paper offers a brief English versification history beginning with Beowulf's Old English and continuing...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Christianity in Beowulf

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

Gender in Beowulf

readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

The Court of King Hrothgar in Beowulf

The writer uses a close reading of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and in particular the events at King Hrothgar's court, to ex...

Beowulf Digressions

If our theory is accurate, the digressions serve as portals of time, and remind the listener that he is able to move about in all ...

The Way in Which Sundiata and Beowulf Present Heroism

The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...

Rap and the Rap Culture

The writer discusses the connection between the Old English epic poem Beowulf and today's rap culture. The writer argues that alth...

'Beowulf' and the Characterization of Grendel's Mother

In five pages this paper discusses the viewpoint of Grendel's mother as featured in the poetic epic 'Beowulf.' Four sources are c...

Beowulf as an Epic Hero

The writer argues that Beowulf can be considered a hero, not only because he does heroic deeds, but also because of the way in whi...

Two Views of the Story of Beowulf

"proud of his plunder, sought his dwelling with that store of slaughter" (p. 25). Beowulf is written in Old English and set some...

Beowulf

(VII). In this he is telling Beowulf that he had many apparently noble men claiming they would get rid of the beast but they drank...

Beowulf

cause of a king in order to help him, essentially asking nothing in return. There is another character, Unferth, who approaches B...

Differing Ecological Viewpoints

"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...

ASSISTED SUICIDE AND ARTIFICIAL CONCEPTION: A CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT

Outlines Christian viewpoints toward artificial conception and euthanasia/assisted suicide. There are 6 sources listed in the bibl...

A Modern Viewpoint Applied to Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages a contemporary perspective is used in an examination of the play and what would need to be changed in order to trans...

John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

Epic Poem Beowulf Contemporary Retelling

for protection against the creature that has been terrorizing his subjects, Beowulf can hardly refuse. It is not simply because H...

History's Origin According to Ernst Breisach

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

Beowulf's Epic Poetry

In five pages this paper examines such events as the Dane's nation rise, attack of Heorot, hero's arrival in Heorot, Heorot feast,...

The Heroism of Beowulf

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

Epic Poem 'Beowulf' and Comparison of the Dragon and Grendel

night returning, anew began ruthless murder; he recked no whit, / firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime" (II 12-22). When Hrot...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...

The Epic “Beowulf”

present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...