Examples of Beowulf's Boasts from the Text Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What are Beowulf's boasts? There are two kinds of Beowulf boastings. The first is the modern sense of boasting meaning bragging about something. The second kind of boast that can be seen by Beowulf is his...
Beowulf is the hero of the Old English epic, Beowulf. In Beowulf's world, boasting is useful. Boasting, or giving a speech about all the amazing things you've done, is a necessary tool for a traveling warrior who has to be able to persuade people that he is up to whatever monster ch...
(Beowulfas translated by Seamus Heaney) There are many examples of litotes in the Old English epic ofBeowulf. The first line of this excerpt contains the litotes: “Hildeburh had little cause to credit the Jutes.” This is a clear understatement, as the following lines describe the loss of ...