Epic Poetry Traits in "Beowulf" • "Beowulf" is a long narrative poem that is majestic in both theme and style. ... • Beowulf deals with legendary events of universal significance that involves action. ... This marks a legendary event of universal significance because the fight initiates Beowulf as the hero. • The story deals with the exploits of a single individual who is Beowulf. ... Epic Hero Traits in "Beowulf" • Beowulf portrays himself as a hero by performing heroic deeds such as defeating Grendel for the fate of his nation in lines 114 - 264. ...

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The theme is universal, one human's battle against a hostile environment. The theme, the overall war of good verses evil, in which the good always prevails, is illustrated through the main character, Beowulf. ... (Beowulf 51). ... (Beowulf 46). ... The theme is universal, the endless feud between good and evil, where the good prevails in the end. ...

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Language Analysis of Beowulf and Iliad: Beowulf is one of the oldest and important existing poems in the English language. ... Beowulf perfectly exemplifies this characteristic of an epic hero. ... Beowulf is truly in a league of his own. One characteristic that serves as a very important foundation for an epic poem is incorporating universal themes, such as goodness versus evil (good superhuman hero versus the wild supernatural demon). ... This deed served as a symbol of Beowulf's Goodness. ...

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John Gardener's novel, Grendel retells the epic of Beowulf from Grendel's point of view. ... In the epic of Beowulf the author portrays the social life of the Danes while talking about the feasts and stories of the men. ... Grendel cannot even completely understand the reason of the humans, he would hear the Shaper sing of "Hrothgar's vast power, his universal peace- and then go out to see the snow as red slush from blood and hear the moaning and shrieking of people. ... The last main theme that Gardener talks about in the novel is that of the psychological weakness of the peopl...

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Jung accounts this to a universal unconscious or collective unconscious because although the process of developing one's own personality or individuation takes place, individuation is shaped by universal patterns of thought. ... This heroic archetype is famous in any literature dating back to "Beowulf" all the way up to contemporary films made in the present day. "Harry Potter," "Twilight," "Beowulf," "Hercules," Homer's "Odyssey," even the retro classic hero "Superman," follows this exact profile line up. ... Although somewhat unhealthy in the archetype of the heroic being, univers...

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Stories such as The Odyssey, The Iliad, The Lord of The Rings and Beowulf all fall into the epic category. ... Just like Beowulf fought the dragon, Harry defeated the troll that was terrifying his school. ... Of course, the universal "good vs. evil" theme is a major attribute of making Harry Potter an epic. ... Another universal theme of Harry Potter is life and death. ...

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Campbell's enormously influential book defines the Universal Myth as a structure, which underlies stories told all over the world since the beginning of recorded history. ... Tolkien also was an expert on epic legend as often gave lectures on Beowulf. ... It seems likely that what he had learned from writing The Hobbit and from reading Beowulf through the lenses of Middle-earth, Tolkien gave us The Lord of the Rings." ... The Lord of the Rings books, Star Wars trilogy, Harry Potter series and the Matrix all deal with the same themes. ...

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