Type of Work:
Heroic epic poem
Setting
"Land of the Geats," southern Sweden and Denmark; c. sixth century
Principal Characters
Beowulf, a Geat hero
Hrothgar, King of the Danes
Unferth, a Danish warrior
Wiglaf, Beowulf's nephew and loyal court noble
Story Overview
Long ago in Hrothgar's Danish kingdom lived a gruesome monster-giant named
Grendel, who nightly roamed the countryside. Rising from his marshy home, he would stalk to the King's high hall, and there devour fifteen of Hrothgar's sleeping warriors.
Then, before departing, the monster would seize fifteen more men with his huge arms and bear them back to his watery lair. For twelve years the slaughter continued.
Word of this terror spread across the sea to the land of the Geats, ruled by Hygelac.
Beowulf, Hygelac's principal advisor and warrior and a man of great strength and courage, heard the tale of Grendel's murderous attacks. Straightway, he set sail to free the Danes from the demon's depredations.
In Denmark, a coast-watcher met the weary company of fifteen seafarers. Learning of
Beowulf's intended mission, he permitted the Danes to pass.
They started out then - the spacious ship remained behind, riding on its rope,
... Figures of boars, bright and fire-hardened, gleamed gold-adorned above the cheek-guards; in war the boar helped guard those fierce men's lives ...
To Hrothgar's high hall they marched. There the King spread a banquet feast in
Beowulf's honor; the mead cup was passed around, and the boasting began. But the
Danish warrior Unferth, "drunken with wine," taunted the Geat, reminding him of a five-day swimming contest in which Beowulf was said to have been bested. The Geat answered boldly, however, that he had not only emerged victorious in the race, but had been forced to kill nine deadly sea-monsters during the course.
After the feast, Hrothgar and his warriors went to their rest, leaving Beowulf and his men in the hall. Then came the fiendish Grendel, "with an unlovely light, like a hellish flame in his eyes." The ironbound door burst open at the touch of his fingers, and he rejoiced at the rich feast of human flesh awaiting him. He seized one sleeping warrior, tore him up furiously, bit through muscles and sinews, and drank the blood in streams.
Then he quickly consumed the entire corpse "as a wolf might eat a rabbit." He reached toward another victim, but the beast was destined to dine no more that night.
Without shield or spear, Beowulf took hold of the dreaded monster, wrenching off his right arm; and the maimed Grendel fled back to his home.
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The King knew that the killings were not over and that Grendel would come again. Beowulf, a strong, brave and giant man heard of the Kings despair and decided that he would take some of his bravest, strongest and best men of the Geats and come kill Grendel the murderous beast himself.
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There once was a village, where the villagers enjoyed partying and they often grew loud in their partying. They had a neighbor who was quite lonely and was jealous of the villagers fun and loud noises.This neighbor was a troll named Grendel and he began to terrorized the villagers for their partying. The villagers were so frightened of Grendel that they boarded up their Town hall and hid in their homes for fear that Grendel would return. After twelve winters word of the villagers problems spread across the land and sea to the far away kingdom of the Geats, who had a great warrior whose name was Beowulf. The brave Beowulf met with the leader of the villagers, a man named Hrothgar, and promised him that he would stop the troll, Grendel. So that night Beowulf and his fellow warriors partied to draw out the troll and wait for his arrival.
They see being loyal and having allegiance to family, leaders, and community as essential to their lifestyle. Characters in the poem introduce themselves as son of so and so, they are first judged on their allegiances, then they include their lineage. When Beowulf arrived to meet King Hrothgar he introduced himself and his men by saying, “we belong by birth to the Geat people and owe allegiance to lord Hygelac”. Then he includes, “my father was a famous man, a noble warrior lord named Ecgtheow”. Grendel’s family history was also included letting us know that he comes from an evil clan being a direct decendent of Cain. Perhaps Grendel’s lack of allegiances and lineage was done to show that he is not loyal to
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...ur verse six of the bible. It was determined that it was time beowulf learned to be grateful and less self centered, Which is why as he went into battle with Grendel's mother, his divine power seemed to vanish and only his chainmail seemed to protect from the fearsome blows Grendel's mother’s razor sharp claws. It was the end of the battle that our Geat suffered a fatal battle wound and later on sercumbed to the effects of the wound and lost his life.
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Psychology formerly integrated with the subject philosophy; these two formerly considered as one. Philosophy was the center of all learning but many academicians focus more on mathematics, physics, and biology. By the late 1800s, many philosophers created their own disciplines and the era of modern psychology slowly emerged. They soon began calling themselves psychologist. Authors have varying opinion about the founding fathers of the said science; some traces its roots as far as Aristotle and Plato (Benjafield 1996). Other authors believe that modern psychology started at the introduction of experimental psychology and for this reason, several experimental psychologist were also named the father of psychology including, Wilhelm Wundt and Gustav Fechner (Matson, 2009). However, one thing is for sure about psychology – it originated in Europe and introduced in the United States sometime in the late 1880s. Prior to this period, psychology crosses the realms of the paranormal because many practitioners at that time engaged themselves in psychic healing and spiritual quest. They were known as pseudo-psychologists and they were particularly popular in Germany. At the onset of modern psychology in the United State, the discipline focused more on the academics. American psychologists at that time put more emphasis on teaching rather than engaging themselves in research. It was at this period when several schools of thoughts emerged to explain behavior, cognition, and consciousness. In this paper, two of the earliest school of thoughts will be discussed. These are Structuralism and Functionalism. These two will be compared and contrasted.
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