Beowulf is an epic poem that was composed, in what is now known as England, between the years 500 - 750 A.D. During this time, England was ruled by Germanic pagan tribes. These pagan who people believed in wryd --also known as fate-- ruled the way that life was carried out. All things were predestined, and there was no such thing as an afterlife. Life during this time was particularly hard due to conflicts with other tribes, lack of food, and disease. In an attempt to combat this hard way of life scops, also known as poets, created epics and tales to bring hope and entertainment to Anglo-Saxon society. It is because of these factors that epics like Beowulf were composed. However; it was also because of the near hopeless society that Christianity
