... dramatic irony to display how ignorance can help perpetuate order and how pride can quickly tear down that order. In Beowulf, Beowulf embodies how confidence and accountability in a leader can generate loyal followers. In these two texts, employing various techniques, the ... warrior, the author is able to contrast Beowulf and Unferth and in doing so emphasize the fact that Beowulf's words are consistently followed with results. After Beowulf defeats Grendel, "Beowulf's doings were praised over and over again. Nowhere, they said, north or south ... between the two seas or under the tall...

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