Argumentative Essay On Beowulf

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1. In my discussion comments, I wrote about Beowulf a lot. I wrote about how Beowulf was structured. I expected the text to be in a different format. I expected the length and schemes to be different than the actual scheme and length. I mentioned some of the conflicts within the poem. In addition, I considered Beowulf as an epic hero. It was not difficult to recognize him as an epic hero. Beowulf have many characteristics of a hero. Beowulf was a very brave, noble person. He fought for his community even though he knew it was a good chance he would be killed. 2. Subject and theme was used directly in “The Pulley” to show the main purpose of the poem. The subject of the poem would be “man”. The man made by God, to be exact. The poem talks

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