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An Analysis Of British Literature
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Death is inevitable and what happens after death will always be a
mystery to the living. For this reason, the afterlife has always been a topic
which artists have chosen to explore in their works. Throughout the chronology
of British literature, artists have used society's views as a basis to ex ....
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....society at the time of Beowulf was pagan, they did not believe in the
afterlife.
The Christian revision to Beowulf illustrated a different outlook on
death and the afterlife. When monks were copying the story, they realized it
dealt with pagan ideals, and they incorporated Christian ideals into the text.
The monks included the concept God was the ultimate one who controls fate. This
was shown when Beowulf told Hrogthgar "God must decide/ Who will be given to
death's cold grip." The monks als.... |
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