Beowulf-Christianity or Paganism Beowulf was written in England sometime in the 8th century. This provides us with an idea that the poem that was written during a time when the society was in the process of converting from paganism to Christianity. The Christian influences were combined with ear...

The stories of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are littered with monsters that have to be dealt with. The monsters range from Beowulf's Grendel, Grendels' mother, and a fire breathing dragon to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's woodwose, forest creatures and the Green Kni...

Beowulf. The oldest and, arguably, the greatest epic in English literature's vast history. Beowulf is an epic poem, originally written in Old English, that details the heroic exploits of the warrior, Beowulf, throughout his life. It represents the heroic ideal and the role of fate's import...