... not with God. The worst part of evil is that one is alone and without the joy of God. As John Milton says in the beginning of his work, Paradise Lost, in describing the devil; " for now he thought both of lost happiness and lasting pain in utter darkness, and their portion set as far removed from God and the light of Heav"n- (1819 ... Christians bear crucifixes, a powerful reference. So between Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight we have two subtle comparisons of characters to Christ. Beowulf, the sole known survivor of a lost culture, is a transitional work with a single nature...

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• Grade Level: High School