The Decision To Renounce Tradition In Beowulf

The Decision To Renounce Tradition Leads to Downfall The purpose of the criticism Beowulf by Richard Bodek was to altercate the Christian overtones and how the characters choose to stray from them, choosing tradition values instead. Bodek addresses the frequent use of the word God, and how Beowulf attempts to give God credit for his great deeds, but in response Hrothgar administers a sermon advising him not to do so. The purpose of the criticism is to brandish that in the epic poem Beowulf, Hrothgar correlates choosing to try and please God with squandering away one’s prosperity. There are many scenes in this epic poem that point toward a Christian overtone. Specifically when Beowulf returns to the hall of Hrothgar to declare victory, and