... helps relate culture values to the Anglo-Saxton time period. Pagans believed in demons so the demons in the poem had to be convincing to that culture. 20. The major antagonists in Beowulf had to be supernatural in order for the audience to believe Beowulf was very strong. Beowulf would not be considered an epic hero if he was being defeated ... ...

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... they cannot be explained away as the work of a reviser or interpolator" (Klaeber 1). These engrained elements Klaeber speaks of are strongly found in the battles of Beowulf and the three antagonists of the poem, Grendel, his mother and the dragon, whereas each battle represents the struggle between good and evil. Early in the poem, Beowulf appears as if an agent of ... ...

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