Beowulf: Pagan or Christian? Beowulf is the first important work of English literature. It is composed around 700 A.D. by an unknown poet (Greenblatt‚ 36)‚ after the Anglo-Saxons were Christianized. The manuscript of the poem was seriously damaged in a fire; so several lines and words have been lost from the poem. One of the significant issues of this poem is whether or not it is a Pagan or Christian poem. Although the poem appears to have many Christian elements‚ it has roots in a Pagan past. The
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human dwellings‚ doing odd jobs around the house while the family is lost in sleep. The term Anglo-Saxon designates the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from Europe and settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early 5th century‚ and the period after their initial settlement through their creation of the English nation up to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxons believed in supernatural creatures such as elves‚ dwarves and giants who often brought
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The Concept of Wyrd in Beowulf In the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture‚ there existed the belief in Wyrd. Wyrd is most easily described as continuous events happening around those that believe. It is also understood that the notion of wyrd meant that all of the events that occured in one’s life affected the others [events]. Throughout the epic‚ Beowulf‚ wyrd appears to be a great influence. In some aspects wyrd is slightly similar to fate or destiny and incorporates free will‚ but the concept‚ as a
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Ronis Aba September 27th‚ 2012 Period 6th “No better king had ever lived‚ no prince so mild‚ no man so open to his people‚ so deserving of praise.” This is an ultimate description of the heroic events of Beowulf‚ an old Anglo-Saxon poem about a warrior who battles and destroys three horrifying monsters. Although written long ago‚ the emotions expressed within this work‚ emotions of bravery‚ valor‚ and ethics still speak to us centuries later. The anonymous author of the poem
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Beowulf is known as the oldest surviving masterpiece written from Old English the Anglo-Saxon period . (449 – 1066) Back in these times poems were told orally known as oral storytelling because most people could not read. They were passed on by “shopes” The author is unknown and yet within this very long poem we are introduced to: Beowulf a hero who is intelligent‚ brave‚ and strong where good verses evil. Beowulf a man of faith and where he gets his strength and guidance from. “the Great
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Bibliography: www.historyinfonet.bham.ac.uk H R Loyn‚ Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest‚ 1961/1986‚ chs 5-7 R Abels‚ Lordship and Military Organisation in Anglo-Saxon England‚ 1988‚ chs 4‚ 7-8 E James‚ Britain in the First Millennium‚ 2001‚ chs 9-10 DG Scragg‚ Battle of Maldon‚ AD 991‚ 1991‚ 15-36
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British Literature 9/28/13 Beowulf vs. Batman The model hero owns power‚ ethics; and‚ above all‚ fights evil. This definition was functional in the time of Beowulf and still is functional in today’s time only slightly altered. Due to the use of such inventions such as television and internet‚ our culture has come to value physical desirability and sensual feelings‚ as evident in the example of Batman‚ a 21st century hero. In addition‚ humility has become a desired value in modern times‚ whereas
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In Old and Middle English literature‚ paganism is the foundation of virtually all prose and poetry ever created‚ spoken‚ and eventually written between the time span of approximately 400 BC through 1500 AD. As the Romans introduced Christianity throughout the British Isles around 43 AD soon after the Roman Conquest of Briton under the Roman Emperor Claudius‚ Christian influence from monastic clergymen usurped their authority over the vast majority of pagan literature. The two belief systems slowly
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