All of the main characters father's were explained to show how important they were as sons. ... The characters in the poem know Grendel is a monster that attacks the men in the mead hall at night and lives in a swamp den. ... As the other characters are happy and singing Grendel is living in no mans land. ... The story backfires and adds more victory to Beowulf's long list of accomplishments. 8. The characters of Beowulf follow the Pagan religion. ...

• Word Count: 2142
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The sylph Ariel protects Belinda, the main character of poem. ... This characteristic usually involves the listing in literature, particularly the listing of one's ancestral heritage. The story Beowulf contains a prime example of epic catalogue, listing the ancestors of the mighty Beowulf. ... The epic catalogue listed is dissimilar to normal listings and these objects are trivial. ... The poem pokes fun at the style, events, and characters of heroic poetry. ...

• Word Count: 1107
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Beowulf and Gilgamesh, two of the most prominent characters in history of literature, and both examples of epic heroes who definitely are brave, yet think of themselves before any other, characterizing themselves as being materialistic. ... Beowulf was an epic hero who did care about his people, but the task of fulfilling his desire of receiving fame from them was the first on his to-do list. ... Beowulf goes ahead to deal the deadly, dangerous dragon. ... Beowulf had fought the dragon so that their gold could be saved, yet towards the end, after Beowulf's death, the Geats put all the...

• Word Count: 1329
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It establishes its characters and then guides them through a series of events. ... In this the first two listed functions of the structural approach are achieved. ... Tolkien also was an expert on epic legend as often gave lectures on Beowulf. ... The characters are parallel, in the case of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars substitute the hero characters, Frodo for Luke, the older side-kick characters, Aragorn for Han-Solo, the wise old men, Gandalf for Obi-Wan and the evil tyrants, Sauron for Emperor Palpatine. ... Perhaps the name and not the character fascinated him. ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ever since the earliest critics and imitators of Chaucer's language and style, readers of Chaucer have praised his use of the English language. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Chaucerian poets in both England and Scotland labeled Chaucer "the master of rhetoric and eloquent diction- (Horobin, 2). The following quotations from John Lydgate's Life of Our Lady (ll. 1628-34) is typical of the fifteenth-century response to Chaucer's linguistic legacy: And eke my maister Chauser is ygrave The noble Rethor, poete of Brytayne That worthy was the laurer to haue Of ...

• Word Count: 5443
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School