The Dragon is a different kind of opponent then Grendel to Beowulf because the dragon is attacking Geatland, which is more personal to Beowulf. ... Not only did the warriors let Beowulf go into battle alone, but also the people of Geatland did not try to convince him to stay away from the dragon. 17. ...

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Literature often is used as a vehicle to describe and depict to its audience the nature of human kind. Whether it be a novel, poetry, or play, any well-written literary piece can have a profound effect those who have experience it. In Oedipus the King, Sophocles uses dramatic irony to display how ig...

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Beowulf is not an actual picture of historic Denmark, Geatland, or Sweden around 500 A.D., yet it is on a general view, a self-consistent picture, a construction bearing clearly the marks of design and thought. ...

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" (53. 557-558) Moreover, After Beowulf returns to Geatland, he remains loyal to his uncle, king Hygelac and his cousin Heardred when he refuses to take the throne at first and serves his cousin as he steps up to king. ...

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