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    Beowulf: Epic or Elegy?

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    Cited: Harmon‚ William‚ and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed.‚ Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall‚ 1996. Print. Beowulf. Trans. Seamus Heaney. New York: Norton‚ 2006. Print.

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    Pride: the Tragic Flaw

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    Though sometimes used in stories or fables as something to aspire to‚ such as being proud of one ’s work‚ pride is looked upon as quite the opposite in Beowulf. In Seamus Heaney ’s translation‚ pride is depicted as an unfortunate‚ often fatal‚ flaw which will eventually lead to tragedy or the untimely demise of the character cursed with this trait. Many of the main characters display this affliction‚ several examples being Hrothgar‚ whose pride leads to the deaths of his people‚ Beowulf‚ whose pride

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    Beowulf/Batman Comparison Written by: Conner Carel Beowulf: a poem‚ (for the most part a story) written hundreds of years ago‚ but there is no exact date. On the other hand‚ Batman was a character created by DC comics in 1939. Batman is a superhero‚ and Beowulf to a lot of people is seen as a hero. Most people probably don’t think of these two as similar‚ but they do share a lot of things in common. Even though they share a lot of similarities‚ there are many differences. Who is more of a hero

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    Timeless Beowulf‚ Tireless Executives The literary masterpiece Beowulf compiles the life of Beowulf as living the supreme military life. The concepts and themes of the story are considered timeless because comparisons can be drawn from Beowulf’s life to the lives of the people of today. Consider the fact that Beowulf lives a detached life‚ which validates him being a wise and strong leader. This also leaves him a man who must face his death grasping the fact that he has foolishly abstained from

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    several similarities. People’s beliefs are usually formed early in life‚ they dictate the feats of the person later on. Personages who have different beliefs can often still share much of the same qualities. In the books Beowulf‚ the translation by Seamus Heaney‚ The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ and The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the translated oral epic‚ the protagonists Beowulf‚ Odysseus‚ and Gilgamesh have polarized values‚ however they share certain attributes. Beowulf and Gilgamesh selfishly win glory for themselves

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    Poems Comparison

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    - Prayer Before Birth (Louis MacNeice) - Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) - A mother in a Refugee Camp (Chinua Achebe) Referred to - Poem at Thirty-Nine (Alice Walker) -Death Of A Son (Jon Silkin) -Mid Term Break(Seamus Heaney) Loss is universal. An inevitable condition of life; you cannot have one without the other. Whether it is the loss of innocence of an unborn child in “Prayer Before Birth” by Louis MacNeice‚ a mother’s loss of her young child to poverty and

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    Cited: HeaneySeamus. The Redress of Poetry. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Groux‚ 1995. Levertov‚ Denise. "Caedmon‚" The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. Ed. Margaret Ferguson‚ Mary Jo Salter‚ Jon Stallworthy. New York: W.W. Norton and Company‚ 1996. 1575-76

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    This is a summary of three poems that I have studied for the Junior Certificate. The first one that I have studied is ‘Shall I Compare Thee?’ a sonnet written by William Shakespeare. It is number 18 of 154 sonnets that he has written. A sonnet usually consists of 14 lines but no stanzas‚ this sonnet also have a rhyming couplet. The theme of this poem is true beauty. In the poem‚ the poet examines summer as a metaphor for love. The poet believes that summer is not as similar to love‚ as you

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    Anglo Saxon Values

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    Cited: SeamusHeaney‚ comp. Beowulf. Trans. Ed. New York: Norton‚ 2001. Print.

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    Laura Robles 12-I Miss Stolyarova 10-1-14 Gender Equality in Beowulf Back in the medieval ages‚ men dominated the community‚ because it was believed that they were the ones with power and strength. But‚ even though women did not appear often in the poem‚ they did play a significant role aside from just being pretty and wearing gold. In Beowulf the author introduces Wealhtheow‚ Hygd‚ Hildeburh‚ Freawaru‚ Modthryth‚ and Grendel’s mother as one of the most important women throughout the poem. The assumption

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