Beowulf is an epic about a hero who takes on great challenges and adventures. This epic is from the Anglo-Saxon period. The character Beowulf embodies the virtues of the Anglo-Saxon culture and beliefs. Beowulf reveals details about the culture in which it was written. During this time of the Epic‚ around 800 A.D.‚ there were two basic and common beliefs. these beliefs were both Paganism and Christianity. The main belief that we see right off the bat is Paganism. Paganism is the belief in monsters
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its Importance My all-time favorite book ever since I was a kid would be The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. This is Silverstein’s most famous work; it is about a little boy and a tree grows old together. Whenever I read this book before‚ I was always angry at the boy for taking more than he should from the giving tree. The boy never seemed satisfied‚ despite being given all the needs he asked for until the tree is left with only its stump. Now that I read it‚ there are many ways that this poem
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the Christmas tree is a symbol of the bond that we all shared because we always put it together and decorate it as a family. This is something that we have done as a family for as long as I can remember and this will remain a family tradition as long as I live. We also had a traditional family breakfast that my mom and Tainisha‚ my sister‚ cook while my dad watched the Channel 5 news and Marques‚ my brother‚ and I play chess. My dad‚ brother and I would get the Christmas tree down from the
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In the play The Pohutukawa Tree‚ written by Bruce Mason‚ an important relationship was the relationship between Aroha Mataira and her mislead daughter Queenie Mataira. Throughout the play the relationship between these two main characters is a cause of constant conflict. The conflict is shown through the lack of a mother-daughter relationship‚ followed by Queenie falling pregnant and being sent away for good. This conflict helped me learn that firstly‚ even the closest family members can turn against
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The Red Tree is another outstanding book by Australian illustrator and author Shaun Tan. The book published by Hachette Australia in 2001 leads us on one girl’s journey through a dark and confusing path of depression. Although each page contains a few words it is the images that capture the reader’s attention with new objects‚ images and meanings discovered each time the book is reopened. Shaun Tan has had an impressive illustrative career spanning over fifteen years. He has won various awards
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An Epic Hero In the epic poem Beowulf‚ many qualifications can be found for the archetype‚ Beowulf‚ to be an epic hero. His bravery is shown through his desire for a quest and a battle with a supernaturally strong man-eating beast. He is unafraid of his imminent death battling the sinister‚ evil monster‚ Grendel. He is highly esteemed and his reputation for greatness precedes him after defeating Grendel. These traits are proved throughout this Anglo-Saxon epic poem. As soon as news travels around
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Greek Epics There are some challenges in each history period‚ and authors will create some heroes in their epics that reflect values of the culture at the time. By studying the hero’s actions and his motivations‚ it tells the society conditions and the civilization of that history period. Homer; the authors of The Iliad and The Odyssey; and Vergil; the authors of The Aeneid are two of the greatest writers in ancient western civilization. There are heroes in these three literatures to reflect
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Question: What connections can you make between content and style of epic tales from different parts of the world? In the course of the history of literature‚ numerous epic poems have been written. Today‚ a number have become well known. Examples of these are Beowulf (an Anglo-Saxon epic poem believed to be the only surviving manuscript from the early 11th century)‚ Iliad (One of the two ancient Greek epic poems written by Homer) and Ramayana (a Sanskrit literature dating back to somewhere around
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