John D. Niles brings Heaney's best-selling translation to life. Full-page illustrations-Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, a reconstruction of a Great Hall-make visible Beowulf's world and the themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion and fame...
CliffsNotes on Beowulf takes you into the epic story of warriors and strange beasts. Beowulf is considered to be the longest and greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poem. Some see it as an early celebration of Christianity. Others think it extols – or perhaps condemns – heroic values. ...
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Get the entireBeowulfLitChart as a printable PDF. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." -Graham S. Download Repetition and Change Beowulfis full of repetitions: the story begins and ends with funerals of kings;Beowulfmust fightGrendeland...
Hrothgar's sons are mentioned briefly in "Beowulf" but play a significant role in the political dynamics of the story. While their names are not explicitly mentioned, they are referenced as heirs to the throne and potential successors to their father. Hrothgar's sons represent the next generatio...
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reading 600 lines from his translation of Beowulf at the Norton Online Archive. "Contexts" provides a rich selection of material on Anglo-Saxon and early Northern culture. "Criticism" features eight essays carefully chosen for their relevance to undergraduate readers, including a full discussion of...
15、st the Dragon Beowulf is an oral poem and for centuries the bards古塞尔特族的游唱诗人)sing it to the people,As it is quite long, the bard could only sing a part of the story each night. Usually he would sing one adventure on the fist night about the battle with Grendel. Then ...
Beowulf, so brave and so strong, the 'Scop' (that is, the bard) chants the story of the ancestry of Hrothgar, the King of Danishmen (whose grandfather happened to be called Beowulf also), especially the strange story of the coming and the burial of Scyld, founder of the royal line. ...