LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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the two kingdoms had a feud for many years
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the dragon was extremely evil and vicious for no apparent reason
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Beowulf had killed his son
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a slave stole a cup from the dragon’s gold-hoard
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Detailed explanation-1: -After that Last Survivor dies, his treasure-hoard is guarded by a dragon for whom the treasures are useless. The thief angers the dragon by stealing a single cup from the treasure-hoard.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beowulf became the leader and ruled well for fifty years, until an angry dragon interrupted his rein. A fugitive slave who accidentally stumbled into the dragon’s secret cave filled with treasure stole a cup to repay his master for a crime he committed.
Detailed explanation-3: -On his return from Heorot, where he killed Grendel and Grendel’s mother, Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules wisely for fifty years until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair.
Detailed explanation-4: -Then one day a thief broke into the dragon’s hoard and stole a golden cup. He was not a willful thief, but rather a runaway slave who had escaped a cruel master. Discovering the treasure by chance, the thief took a golden cup, hoping to pacify his master with it.
Detailed explanation-5: -The plundering of the hoard is continued by Beowulf ure thief. In the New Testament Christ is the one who robs precious vessels from a demonic hoar that in the concluding section of the poem Beowulf essentially acts in imitation of Christ. A the mysterious curse (Beowulf 3069-75) serves to reinforce this view.