... the specialized subject matter), and/or past experiences. Beowulf uses, in this case, knowledge of experience with monsters battled in the past. Humans likewise follow Beowulf, by turning to a reliable source- either their past knowledge, or a specialized person to help them. Grendels" mother enters the plot of the story as she does Herot, out of nowhere- she has abruptly mentioned before her attack on ... Herot; hardly anything led up to her entrance into the plot. Grendels" mother is introduced when Beowulf is resting, after his victorious feud with Grendel. It is noticed how unlike G...

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• Grade Level: High School

... queen. The author praises King Offa for putting the woman in her proper role. Perhaps this reflects a masculine fear of female uprising. The author reinforces this view of appropriate female roles by presenting two separate and opposing supernatural forces that strongly influence the plot of Beowulf: a masculine God and a feminine Wyrd, suggesting that feminine forces require suppression. Wyrd is a mysterious force that acts as a kind ... of fate, bringing the heroes of Beowulf ever closer to misery and death; in contrast, God protects Beowulf and helps him in the battle of "light again...

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... kings, heroes, and monsters and fused it with Christian beliefs to create a poem that would still interest the 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 the first half of the tenth century then there is little reason to read it as ... a survival from the heathen age that came to be marred by monkish interpolations...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... is terrorizing, and killing people at random. Then along comes a hero, Beowulf who slays the monster and saves the kingdom. However, then along comes another monster, who eventually is saved by Beowulf again. Then Beowulf becomes the ruler of his kingdom, kills some more monsters, and eventually dies. It is a very basic plot that does not require too much thought to figure out. However if ... you look at the language of the piece you can find that the writer uses many literary devices to ... enhance the language, and make it more interesting. One of the most obvious device used by the ...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School