Wednesday, October 21, 2009

THEMES

  1. Pride
  2. Fate
  3. God determines Destiny
  4. Greed
  5. Revenge
  6. Loyalty
  7. Good vs. Evil
  8. Power
  9. Age=Wisdom
  10. Eye for an eye
  11. Despair
  12. Man vs. self
  13. Man vs. monster
  14. Strength vs. weakness
  15. Change
  16. Hero or braggart
  17. karma
  18. Death
  19. Proper burial

3 comments:

  1. About the braggart post: you do a good job defending your position; however, I might suggest that in Beowulf's own words, he says, "I mean no boast . . ." 27/30

    Good theme list!

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  2. In addition, in your second answer to the post you state a more clear position and show that based on the text, Beowulf is considered a hero by the people. Amended grade = 30/30:-)

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  3. thanks Mrs. Hosch!! i u nderstand the braggart and the quote along with it, but he does still seem boastful and "above" the others...like when people say "no offense" it usually means they want a free pass go and $200 for their effort in getting away with saying something offensive.. if it wasn't ofensive, tey wouldn't say"no ofense" so that's where i came from on that... 2 different things to look for i guess. :)

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