Thesis: The Beowulf poet incorporates Old Testament allusions in order to teach the Anglo-Saxon pagans about the new religion.
a. Committing Murder
b. Living as Grendel
Throughout literature, many writers have alluded to stories in the Bible. Whether it's from the Old Testament or the New Testament, writers have paid references to Biblical stories. In literary analysis, this is called an allusion. The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary defines an allusion as a reference, especially a covert, or indirect one (37). In the case of
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The Anglo-Saxon pagans inhabited the area, in which the poem was written. In the epic poem Beowulf, this lesson is a little more dramatic. In the beginning of the epic poem, it tells of the construction of Herot. Beowulf is a poem of great teaching importance. These pagans knew nothing of the new religion of Christianity or any other form of it. There was only one conflict that the two human inhabitants of Eden had to worry about: the tree of knowledge. Beowulf eventually triumphs over the great beast and decides to prove to the people that he killed the creature. The dragon represents evil for all mankind. The poet told so much of how humble the human race was to the all-powerful Lord. In the Judeo-Christian world, he represents the first real evil act committed by man against another man. "Lecture on ‘Biblical Allusions in Beowulf’," given at Cherry Hill East on 28 September 1999. This construction can also be alluding to the creation of the world.
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