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Monster Essays - Christian Elements in Beowulf
Christian Elements in Beowulf
	
 	The praised epic poem, Beowulf, is the first great heroic poem in English literature.  The epic follows a courageous warrior named Beowulf throughout his young, adult life and into his old age.  As a young man, Beowulf becomes a legendary hero when he saves the land of the Danes from the hellish creatures, Grendel and his mother.  Later, after fifty years pass, Beowulf is an old man and a great king of the Geats.   A monstrous dragon soon invades his peaceful kingdom and he defends his people courageously, dying in the process.  His body is burned and his ashes a....
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