... 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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