ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Beowulf is an epic poem composed in Old English consisting of 3, 182 lines. It is written in the alliterative verse style, which is common for Old English poetry as well as works written in languages such as Old High German, Old Saxon, and Old Norse.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first way Beowulf shows Anglo-Saxon characteristics is by having bravery and courage. We know this because in the text, it states, “He needs no weapons and fears none. Nor will I. My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to…” (263-264).

Detailed explanation-3: -Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, whose meaning has drifted towards an adjectival use with a more general sense of “supernatural” or “uncanny", or simply “unexpected".

Detailed explanation-4: -In Beowulf, this idea of living by the comitatus code is portrayed excellently by the hero, Beowulf. Beowulf, who is the strongest of all men, defends the hall of Lord Hrothgar.