... people of the time while showing them the Christian ways. The Beowulf poet was put to the task of successfully blending these religious beliefs in an effective plot that appealed to his audience. Therefore, I agree with John D. Niles "if this poem can be attributed to a Christian author composing not earlier than ... loud in the hall" (Beowulf 86-88). These "demons" seek release from their jealously and rage in destruction. "Then up from the marsh, under misty cliffs, Grendel came walking; he bore God's wrath. The evil thief planned to trap some human, one of man's kind, in the towering ...

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... bitter murder, The killing of Abel, all-ruling Father The kindred of Cain crushed with His vengeance; In the Feud he rejoiced not; but far away drove him"" (54-57). Grendel, the first villain of the epic, was a symbol of blood feud. Looking at the above passage, we can see that Christians are opposed to that trait " a trait of pagan ... or make them seem evil, because his audience already was Christian. One last way we can tell Christianity was the main belief of the society in 1700 is through the plot of Sir Gawain. If Christianity wasn't established as the outstanding religion of the ...

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