... what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. (Chapter 13) Just as God creates his "kingdom" in which Adam and Eve are his subjects, along with the guardian angels, here Hrothgar can appear to be the divine ruler of his newly created haven, or heaven, on earth. He ... eventually calls upon a hero to defeat the evil that threatens to disrupt his "new world". Beowulf, in a similar manner, is seen as a traditional epic hero. Although he has not created a new world as Christ has done, he has performed extraordinary deeds, and ... darkness / suffered fierce pain, for each new day / he heard hap...

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