English literature
Things go Beowulf's way.
Conversely, as an old man fighting with the dragon, he is wrong expecting that he can survive as he
always did. They both are doomed to death. `Fate goes ever as it must' says the poet. The course of life
cannot be predicted with any certainty. One can hope only to foresee what is able and meet the
unforeseen with dignity and resolution. That's the poem's deepest wisdom. A similar view of life is to
be found in many other OE poems.
2. Chrst. Elem. In OE lit. The dream of the road. This poem stands supreme with its peculiar boldness and
brilliancy. It describes not the biblical event itself but a vision or dream in which that event, the
Crucifixion, is both symbolically represented and narrated by a participant. The functions of both
symbol and narrator are performed by the rood, Christ's Cross. It first appears as a visionary symbol of
overpowering mystery
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