Though, Beowulf is not an actual person, later in the essay, Robinson talks about King Hygelac as a possible inspiration who is documented in history (148). Further, whoever was the model for the hero of this poem, should have been a powerful man: king or gladiator. Since this was an oral composition, the facts about the history figure may have been altered during the process of re-telling. Arguably, the transcription of it, may have led to an even more epic and deistic hero that intended by the author(s) of the
Though, Beowulf is not an actual person, later in the essay, Robinson talks about King Hygelac as a possible inspiration who is documented in history (148). Further, whoever was the model for the hero of this poem, should have been a powerful man: king or gladiator. Since this was an oral composition, the facts about the history figure may have been altered during the process of re-telling. Arguably, the transcription of it, may have led to an even more epic and deistic hero that intended by the author(s) of the