When Beowulf found out about Hrothgar’s trouble with Grendel, he decided to help Hrothgar by staying true to his father’s oath and to fulfill it even after his death. Beowulf spoke of his father as a “noble battle-beater” (line 263), and showed his respect and in loving memory. ...
Does this line make you more sympathetic or less toward the narrator/murderer? Why? The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge. It makes me less sympathetic toward him because he is being overly dramatic. Premium ...
(The Scribe who wrote down the Scops song seems to have made a mistake in dividing these two 'fyttes,' as such chapters of old stories in verse used to be called; so they are treated here as one. And, moreover, he numbers the fytte as XXXI, omitting division XXX. I should say ...
A Hart with Its Head Held High: A New Emendation for Beowulf, Line 1372adoi:info:doi/10.1080/0895769X.2019.1579082PorckBossenbroekAnq A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes & Reviews