LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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The strongest always win.
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Evil can never be defeated.
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Good always triumphs in the end.
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Sometimes, everyone needs help.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the central themes of Beowulf, embodied by its title character, is loyalty. At every step of his career, loyalty is Beowulf’s guiding virtue. Beowulf comes to the assistance of the Danes (Scyldings) for complicated reasons.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beowulf kills Grendel and then kills Grendel’s mother before returning home with a great deal of wealth. He becomes king and reigns for fifty years before the poem picks back up again. His reign is marked by peace and prosperity and his people love and respect him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before he dies, he names Wiglaf his successor. Beowulf is cremated on a funeral pyre, and his remains are buried in a barrow built by the sea. As his people mourn his death, they also express the fear that, without Beowulf, Geatland will be invaded by nearby tribes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Beowulf himself embodies all that is good, but it’s often expressed through his super-human capabilities. The monsters, including Grendel, his mother, and the dragon, all embody evil, and in fighting and defeating them, Beowulf is working to save not only the monsters’ victims but the whole of humanity.