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https://www.litcharts.com/lit/beowulf/prologue-lines-1-63

http://www.as.wvu.edu/english/oeoe/english311/228.html

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/section1/

https://www.neshaminy.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=6499&dataid=31512&FileName=beowulf%20text.pdf

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discussion of the evil and its kinds and how they've been defeated

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discussion of the evil and its kinds and how they've been defeated

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the poem discusses the many kinds of monsters and evil beings that have been made and unleashed onto that earth, and how God (or the King) has protected said earth from this 'infestation' as he always did

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[21] fromum feohgiftum  on fæder bearme,
[22] þæt hine on ylde  eft gewunigen
[23] wilgesiþas,  þonne wig cume,
[24] leode gelæsten;  lofdædum sceal
[25] in mægþa gehwære  man geþeon.
[26] Him ða Scyld gewat  to gescæphwile
[27] felahror feran  on frean wære.
[28] Hi hyne þa ætbæron  to brimes faroðe,
[29] swæse gesiþas,  swa he selfa bæd,
[30] þenden wordum weold  wine Scyldinga;

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[11] gomban gyldan.  Þæt wæs god cyning!
[12] Ðæm eafera wæs  æfter cenned,
[13] geong in geardum,  þone god sende
[14] folce to frofre;  fyrenðearfe ongeat
[15] þe hie ær drugon  aldorlease
[16] lange hwile.  Him þæs liffrea
[17] wuldres wealdend,  woroldare forgeaf;
[18] Beowulf wæs breme  (blæd wide sprang),
[19] Scyldes eafera  Scedelandum in.
[20] Swa sceal geong guma  gode gewyrcean,

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[1] Hwæt! We Gardena  in geardagum,
[2] þeodcyninga,  þrym gefrunon,
[3] hu ða æþelingas  ellen fremedon.
[4] Oft Scyld Scefing  sceaþena þreatum,
[5] monegum mægþum,  meodosetla ofteah,
[6] egsode eorlas.  Syððan ærest wearð
[7] feasceaft funden,  he þæs frofre gebad,
[8] weox under wolcnum,  weorðmyndum þah,
[9] þæt him æghwylc  þara ymbsittendra
[10] ofer hronrade  hyran scolde,

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the monster grendal is an important part of the story

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the monster grendal is an important part of the story

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it shows that the monster, and the evil in the story, is unnatural, dark, and it is necessary to be rid of it

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The poem establishes power and loyalty as qualities of a good king through Scyld.

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main ideas of first 30 lines (10 stanzas)

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main ideas of first 30 lines (10 stanzas)

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The oral tradition maintains the teachings and lineages of the past and helps to propagate reputations, which shows that it is inextricably linked to the idea of the significance of establishing one's identity.

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The oral tradition plays a huge part of the story

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this is conveying the idea that evil, as mentioned in the poem, is a strange, unnatural power.

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From beginning to end, it is very clear that Beowulf is a poem about facing death.

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From beginning to end, it is very clear that Beowulf is a poem about facing death.

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The monsters in Beowulf are manifestations of evil.

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The monsters in Beowulf are manifestations of evil.

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This heroic code emphasizes warriors' strength, bravery, and devotion; monarchs' and kings' hospitality, compassion, and diplomatic skills.

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Because Beowulf is primarily a chronicle and tale of many heroic acts, the concept of identity is clearly fundamental to the poem.

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Beowulf spends a lot of time defining and demonstrating the Germanic code of chivalry.

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Beowulf spends a lot of time defining and demonstrating the Germanic code of chivalry.