• Critique of Beowulf on the Time Diminishing Aspects

     

    Essays1 Religion

Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Critique of Beowulf on the Time Diminishing Aspects', 1.
Extract

Beowulf is an epic tale that has been changed over time to try and express a christian moral. While this transformation over time has added a new variable to the plot, it is still impossible to try and erase the original pagan plot completely. It has become evident that the original epic was pagan and had no mention of the biblical references or the christian morality that it contains now. However, it is also evident that the original story dealt with the concept of a higher being or beings.
The overriding christian view has many facets and deals with them all as a new way of proposing christianity into the theme of the story. …

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