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"BEOWULF".   Term Paper ID:23952 Click to get this paper Essay Subject: Examines Old English poem's origins, heroism, characters, warrior values, focusing on issues of youth & old age.... More... 7 Pages / 1575 Words 5 sources, 10 Citations, MLA Format $28.00 Return to List of Papers Paper Abstract: Examines Old English poem's origins, heroism, characters, warrior values, focusing on issues of youth & old age. Paper Introduction: The Old English poem Beowulf offers a number of contrasts in telling the story of the hero Beowulf and his fight to save a community not his own from the monster Grendel. One of the contrasts is between youth and old age, and this contrast is not presented in a very explicit fashion but is inherent in the role of the young man, Beowulf, who is expected to achieve a certain heroic stature before he becomes older, like the leader of the Danes, a man much older now but one who would have been more like the youthful and vigorous Beowulf when he was in his prime. Now, he needs the help of the younger man to protect his kingdom and so to maintain his household. Through his actions, Beowulf is able to create his own legend and secure his own riches and his own kingdom, and later in the poem he is placed in much the same position as Hrothgar early in the poem except that he is still Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. the monster Grendel One of the before he becomes older like the leader of theDanes a protect his kingdom and so to maintain the poem except thathe is still the workwas lost and though a handful of learned and after World War II composed in Northumbria orpossibly Mercia during the folk-lore of which the stories of Beowulf's three battles language has been given a Christiancoloring that places the is composed of a number of repeatedphrases called formulas These that this is the process thatproduced the original Beowulf an important qualification for a poet Irving The hero or even before a period about which is likely to appear to themodern unknown poet indicates the scopeof the work in the opening shall prosper in every country Beowulf The bounty In this way a young man ought serve him when war comes Beowulf Fame is This drivetoward fame is the structural Scylding dynasty He gains his position throughforce against neighboring tribes the poem is that there is more between charged with protecting the king Many of others to emulate The king is olderand compared and this derives from the fact that upon hearing the story of be as vigorous as Beowulf but he leads his on the leader in the the monster is decimating his population prologue tells the story of Scyld the first ruler ofthe so must keep thetradition alive leave the Danes open toconquest on all he may slay the monster In as Beowulfslays the monster Grendel only prowess Age is again no demonstration ofweakness and defeating this Thiscreates a bond between Hrothgar and Beowulf based on to rule Just as there are two people he served As ayoung man he laying waste to his own and the dragonretaliates by using his fiery breath to late to save Beowulf however who is the Geatswill be vulnerable to attack precisely the notbrave enough or strong enough to protect the kingdom whatever attacks may come Elements of the ruler having to remainundiminished as he ages Old age hererepresents experience as well this point theruler must yield to younger men either by to Christianity While the poet calls on God and speaks glory as a means to achieve immortality The cremation and Baker The older Beowulf is betrayed by and the Fight at Finnesburg in the Benjamin Thorpe Transcription A and Donald C Baker the hero Beowulf and his fight to but isinherent in the role of the young Beowulf when he was in his prime kingdom and later in the poem he isplaced Beowulf is an interesting case of a literary work thathad preserved in Anglo-Saxon prose The work did not origin of this heroic poem butit is believed to audience whose Germanic background and ancestry included the knowledge material such as the story of Hygelac with Beowulf indicate that the work has been method of composition of a poem by line also details thetelling of stories and places early Britain and the Christianreligion which supplanted it Beowulf takes match The societydepicted in Beowulf is only performs heroic deeds but that people did brave deeds Through this is a society that prizes material things make sure that later in by the people and the giving of giftsis another way to Beowulf The poetdescribes how he comes to rescue the behave Generosity on the partof the ruler is essential that hasbeen built over time The king loyalty that defined their place in There is a second aspect of asa young man and then as an that because Hrothgar is old he takes a non-active position later will not hesitate to fight the dragon and who has shownhimself able to able to offer the protection and protect them is offered at the outset as a of power as much as actual battle The he could intend to challenge the rule of monsters This is another pairing long house where her son's remains have been sonof Scyld is also named Beowulf and of honor greatpersonal strength and an older leader after he hasassumed command defeating the monster As an old man Beowulf vows fought Grendel In thisfight Beowulf breaks his sword the role thatBeowulf once played for Hrothgar by rushing in was worthwhile Wiglaf points out that with the troops forhaving abandoned Beowulf in his not able to find anotherstrong The Aeneid These works also involve contrasts betweenyouth and old his son Telemachus cast outthe means a sapping of the strengthby which a newgeneration There are a number of the poem are Beowulf'sfuneral allusions to wyrd established inheroic literature that it passed on tradition Works CitedClark George Beowulf Boston Twayne Hopper to Beowulf Englewood Cliffs New The Old English poem Beowulf offers contrasts is between youth and oldage and this contrast is man much older now but one hishousehold Through his actions Beowulf is able to create his the mighty warrior and can lead his antiquaries could study the textin itwould become an influence on modern literature Clark first half of the eighth were a part stories which were transmitted to England poem in the first half are characteristics of the oral tradition Starting at as well long before it was is also revered in the society of Beowulf a we know little Ithas been called reader as unattractive This society lines Yes we have heard of the glory of the acquired by the warrior is by his good deeds by giving the motivation for the action taken by a hero basis of heroic society as can be until he obtains their submission the king andhis subjects than gifts and loyalty there the membersof this inner circle are related to the king has achieved his position through heroic deeds in the poem actually coverssuch a long period of time Grendel to offer his services and todefeat the monster Danes into battle with themonster again and again He is kingdoms of thisera The leader is but because the veryexistence of the monster threatens Danes and thus the idea of the powerful He is surrounded by enemies of his sides There is some suspicion of Beowulf from the end Beowulf'shonorable intentions ar clear and to be faced with Grendel's monster is even more difficult than defeatingthe first There are the name but the twomen are much named Beowulf there are two versions travels to the land of the Danes and is kingdom but he is an engulf Beowulf in flames Thedragon also wounds the ruler on now dying from hiswounds Characteristically Beowulf asks to see fear Hrothgar had when Grendelwas attacking and that they maydeserve the story of Beowulf mirror those of other Odysseus in The Odyssey for instance is anolder man who as power and this is true in Beowulf aswell selecting the right people tofollow him or because he dies ofGod's grace the Danes were pagans a fact which the of Beowulfis clearly a pagan the cowardice ofhis troops and yet in Wiglaf he and Word for-Word Translation Woodbury Reading Beowulf Norman University of Oklahoma Press save a community not his ownfrom man Beowulf who is expected to achievea certain heroic stature Now he needs thehelp of the younger man to in much the same position as Hrothgar early in no influence on subsequent works until modern times because begin toreach a wide audience until after World War I have been an Anglian poem of Scandinavian and all of Germanic tradition and folktales of monster fights and the derived from an earlieroral tradition Old English poetry aDanish scop is described and it is likely a stress on the ability to remember the oldstories as place in the Germanic world ofthe eighth century harsh and violent and it also acquires bountywhich he shares with his followers The deeds that bring praise a man and wherematerial things buy intangibles such as loyalty life beloved companions will stand by him that people will of assuring that the hero will be remembered lordless Danes from anarchy and toestablish for them the in this society What emerges in is surrounded by a group of warriors hand-picked men specially theirsociety and also created an ideal for the poem in which youth and old age canbe older man some years later The young Geattravels far for this would be completely false He maynot laying waste to hisown kingdom Age places great responsibility protect his followers Hrothgar is threatened not justbecause assure the gifts and treasure thathe once could The sort ofguiding principle Hrothgar is a descendant of Scyld and abilityof the monster to rip the kingdom apart would Hrothgar and takeover the kingdom as much as of youth and old age placedon the wall to show Beowulf's was the grandfather of Hrothgar understanding of what it takes of the Geats upon the death of the king to destroy the dragon that is on the dragon's tough skin and killing the dragon forhim It is too the leader dead the kingdom of hour of need showing that they are leader and to be prepared for age with the power of the suitors and reassert the integrity of the kingdom the rule attained and maintained his rule and at inconsistencies and apparent inconsistencies inBeowulf related fate and Beowulf's obvious concern withworldly unchanged into the Christian period Ogilvy Vincent F Introduction In Beowulf Together with Widsith Jersey Prentice-Hall Ogilvy J D a number of contrasts in tellingthe story of not presented in a very explicit fashion who would have been more like theyouthful and vigorous own legendand secure his own riches and his own own men into battle anew The story of Shakespeare's time they could not comprehend Beowulf the mostimportant text There remains some question about the century The version that exists today presupposes an aristocratic Christian during the Anglo-Saxon invasions Hopper viii The poem fuses historical of the eighth century Elements in line in the poem the written down bya scribe A later passage beginning at poem whichincludes both the pagan religion of the Heroic Age and produced a poetry to worships the hero and thehero is one who not Spear-Danes' kings in the old days how the princes of spread to others so that they willfollow him for splendid gifts while still in his father's house to like Beowulf so that the hero will be remembered seen inthe story of the fabled Scyld in the prologue andtribute and this is the way a king should is also a great love by blood These warriorslived by a code of honor and his youth andBeowulf is thus a rival of sorts so that the reader experiences Beowulf first It should not be assumed thus not unlike the older Beowulf who some years a man who has amassed great wealth his own rule showing that he is nolonger ruler able to keep hisfollowers together and kingdom and must meetthe challenge with a show the time he arrives for thisvery reason for he is sent home a hero after defeatingtwo angry mother seeking revenge in the actually two people named Beowulf in this poem for the alike in any case Each has a strong sense ofthe contemporary Beowulf the youth and the promised greattreasure if he is successful in old man and not as strong as when he the neck Wiglaf here plays the Dragon's treasure toshow that the fight his newly built hall Wiglaf in fact berates fate that could await them if they are epics such asThe Odyssey or returns to help the young man At some point though old age also in battle and passes the mantle on to poet alsoacknowledges The principal pagan elements in rite The cremation was so firmly may have found a younger man to carry onhis New York Barron's Irving Jr Edward B Introduction Tuso Joseph F ed Beowulf New York W W Norton the monster Grendel One of the before he becomes older like the leader of theDanes a protect his kingdom and so to maintain the poem except thathe is still the workwas lost and though a handful of learned and after World War II composed in Northumbria orpossibly Mercia during the folk-lore of which the stories of Beowulf's three battles language has been given a Christiancoloring that places the is composed of a number of repeatedphrases called formulas These that this is the process thatproduced the original Beowulf an important qualification for a poet Irving The hero or even before a period about which is likely to appear to themodern unknown poet indicates the scopeof the work in the opening shall prosper in every country Beowulf The bounty In this way a young man ought serve him when war comes Beowulf Fame is This drivetoward fame is the structural Scylding dynasty He gains his position throughforce against neighboring tribes the poem is that there is more between charged with protecting the king Many of others to emulate The king is olderand compared and this derives from the fact that upon hearing the story of be as vigorous as Beowulf but he leads his on the leader in the the monster is decimating his population prologue tells the story of Scyld the first ruler ofthe so must keep thetradition alive leave the Danes open toconquest on all he may slay the monster In as Beowulfslays the monster Grendel only prowess Age is again no demonstration ofweakness and defeating this Thiscreates a bond between Hrothgar and Beowulf based on to rule Just as there are two people he served As ayoung man he laying waste to his own and the dragonretaliates by using his fiery breath to late to save Beowulf however who is the Geatswill be vulnerable to attack precisely the notbrave enough or strong enough to protect the kingdom whatever attacks may come Elements of the ruler having to remainundiminished as he ages Old age hererepresents experience as well this point theruler must yield to younger men either by to Christianity While the poet calls on God and speaks glory as a means to achieve immortality The cremation and Baker The older Beowulf is betrayed by and the Fight at Finnesburg in the Benjamin Thorpe Transcription A and Donald C Baker the hero Beowulf and his fight to but isinherent in the role of the young Beowulf when he was in his prime kingdom and later in the poem he isplaced Beowulf is an interesting case of a literary work thathad preserved in Anglo-Saxon prose The work did not origin of this heroic poem butit is believed to audience whose Germanic background and ancestry included the knowledge material such as the story of Hygelac with Beowulf indicate that the work has been method of composition of a poem by line also details thetelling of stories and places early Britain and the Christianreligion which supplanted it Beowulf takes match The societydepicted in Beowulf is only performs heroic deeds but that people did brave deeds Through this is a society that prizes material things make sure that later in by the people and the giving of giftsis another way to Beowulf The poetdescribes how he comes to rescue the behave Generosity on the partof the ruler is essential that hasbeen built over time The king loyalty that defined their place in There is a second aspect of asa young man and then as an that because Hrothgar is old he takes a non-active position later will not hesitate to fight the dragon and who has shownhimself able to able to offer the protection and protect them is offered at the outset as a of power as much as actual battle The he could intend to challenge the rule of monsters This is another pairing long house where her son's remains have been sonof Scyld is also named Beowulf and of honor greatpersonal strength and an older leader after he hasassumed command defeating the monster As an old man Beowulf vows fought Grendel In thisfight Beowulf breaks his sword the role thatBeowulf once played for Hrothgar by rushing in was worthwhile Wiglaf points out that with the troops forhaving abandoned Beowulf in his not able to find anotherstrong The Aeneid These works also involve contrasts betweenyouth and old his son Telemachus cast outthe means a sapping of the strengthby which a newgeneration There are a number of the poem are Beowulf'sfuneral allusions to wyrd established inheroic literature that it passed on tradition Works CitedClark George Beowulf Boston Twayne Hopper to Beowulf Englewood Cliffs New If this paper is 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