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This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of Beowulf. The abundance of both Pagan and Christian values are analyzed through discussion questions. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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honoring the efforts of the Thanes, as well as offers a wry comment on the guards comparative timidity: earning fame on the mead-bench rather than in battle. 2.
The commentary on Beowulfs reception among the Geats before he becomes their king is an object lesson in how one who is underestimated might actually provide the greatest
worth in a society, as well as provides a dramatic contrast for the warrior honors which are bestowed upon Beowulf in the following lines, culminating with his ascending to king
upon Hygelacs death. 3. One of the most famous sequences in Beowulf is the diversion that occurs in lines 2241 through 2270, the monologue referred to
as the Last Survivors Speech. This melancholic and fatalistic monologue brings about a profound tonal shift in the poem, reversing the previous tone of Anglo-Saxon bravado which champions the values
of war, to instead reflect upon the ultimate meaninglessness of any earthly achievement. The imagery of a keeper of a hoard of decaying treasure whose "people have been ruined in
war", and who is "left with nobody" is a profound symbol for the idea that earthly wealth is of little worth in the final reckoning (2250-2252). The fatalistic nature of
the passage is emphasized by the use of language evoking imagery of highly valuable arms and armaments rotting away: the reader is told that "the hard helmet, hasped with gold,
will be stripped of its hoops", and that "the coat of mail that came through all fights... decays with the warrior" (2255-2260). At the end of the passage, the language
used establishes a tone of bleak devastation, emphasizing the idea again that this vast earthly treasure is ultimately worth very little: "he... moved about the world, deserted and alone, lamenting
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