Many contemporary artists derive their themes from Anglo-Saxon texts. One instance of this is the presence of ofermode, or too much pride, in both the anonymous poem, The Battle of Maldon, written in A.D. 991 and George Orwell’s modern story, Animal Farm. In The Battle of the Maldon, the pirates succeed in using Earl Byrtnoth’s pride in order to allow them onto his land despite the Earl knowing it will most likely have devastating effects on his men and the people he defended. In Animal Farm, the barn animals are arrogant to think that they have better morals than humans. This results in them blindly placing their trust in the pigs, which ultimately leads them to the same situation they had set out to fix. Both stories have an objective of
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The idea of pis lan lif, or this transitory life is seen as the Anglo-Saxon poem expresses mourning of a once prosperous city destroyed in a natural disaster. Anderson’s song expresses longing for old opportunities. In the song she uses instances such as being pregnant with a baby boy eliminating the joys of having a baby girl. Each of these forms of Art revolve around the idea of situations fading over time. A third example of current texts replicating Anglo-Saxon themes is in the anonymous poem, The Wife’s Lament and Ray Bradbury’s, All Summer in A Day as they each use the theme of exile. In The Wife’s Lament a community shuns a women due to her failing to conduct herself in the manner that was expected at the time. Bradbury’s story uses the same idea on a smaller scale as the girl is shut out from her peers because they did not agree with the way she behaved. Regardless of the fact that these two pieces were written in different time periods, they both have a similar conflict. Each of the preceding forms of Art use ideas presented in earlier writings, and the following piece is no exception to this
The idea of pis lan lif, or this transitory life is seen as the Anglo-Saxon poem expresses mourning of a once prosperous city destroyed in a natural disaster. Anderson’s song expresses longing for old opportunities. In the song she uses instances such as being pregnant with a baby boy eliminating the joys of having a baby girl. Each of these forms of Art revolve around the idea of situations fading over time. A third example of current texts replicating Anglo-Saxon themes is in the anonymous poem, The Wife’s Lament and Ray Bradbury’s, All Summer in A Day as they each use the theme of exile. In The Wife’s Lament a community shuns a women due to her failing to conduct herself in the manner that was expected at the time. Bradbury’s story uses the same idea on a smaller scale as the girl is shut out from her peers because they did not agree with the way she behaved. Regardless of the fact that these two pieces were written in different time periods, they both have a similar conflict. Each of the preceding forms of Art use ideas presented in earlier writings, and the following piece is no exception to this