English literature
century. The author is unknown and the manuscript is kept in the British Museum (near Trafalgar
Square). The story is very important as it allows us to lear about the way of life in the 4th century.
The characters can be divided into two groups fictitious and historical.
The epic deploys many metaphors - e.g. the sea = the swan's road, body = a house for bones
and alliteration. It is structured as two parts. In the first part King Hroghtgar, king of Danes built a
palace Hereot near a lake. He disturbed the lake monsters sleep with his racuous parties.
Grendel then goes to the castle every night and kidnaps a man. This went on for 12 years. Beowulf,
a young viking, decides to put an end to it. He chooses 14 men to join him and sails across the strait
with no weapns, mind you, because Grendel fought unarmed and Beowulf was an idiot however
according to the rules of fiction he defeats Grendel
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