"Christian allegorists view Beowulf's descent into the mere as a baptismal rite involving both death and resurrection, and they parallel Beowulf's descent into the mere with Christ's Harrowing of Hell" (Cliffs Notes 63). ... This again is further reference to the Bible and Old Testament (Cliffs Notes 54-55). ... The critics, who oppose this supposed belief, think "that if killing the dragon symbolizes evil, or Satan, to the allegorists, then Beowulf's death indicates that evil, or Satan, is victorious because Beowulf dies" (Cliffs Notes 55). ... By God's divine...

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