Beowulf

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Beowulf

• an overview

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Beowulf The Epic Hero

• Superior physical strength
• Supremely ethical
• Must defeat monsters
• Glorified by the people he saves
• Central figure in a long narrative poem
• Reflects the values and heroic ideals of a
  particular society

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Map
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The Story of Beowulf
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Grendel and his mother
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The Dragon
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Review