Comparison Between 'Wulf And Eadwacer'

From the time Wulf and Eadwacer is written to the writing of Bisclavret, the ideas associated with wolves move from the monstrous to the domesticated. The poet in Wulf and Eadwacer depicts wolves as savage and dangerous creatures that are unwelcome in society. “They desire to destroy him if he comes among the troop” (Wulf and Eadwacer 2). This line is repeated twice in the poem emphasizing the poet’s efforts to say that the wolf would be destroyed if it tried to enter the community. Wolves were also seen as creatures that, if they did sneak into the community, posed a great threat. “Our wretched whelp / Wulf carries off to the wood. / Thus one easily rends” (Wulf and Eadwacer 16-18). The use of the word “rends” suggests that a wolf savagely