Please help.. About Beowulf
1. explain and prove with textual evidence which ONE of these motifs - good vs. evil, demise of societies, loyalty of friends, standing up for others - is the most compelling in Beowulf. Provide textual evidence.
2. Beowulf contains characteristics associated with folklore and fairy tales - lurid and sensational events, man-eating monsters. What are the counterparts to Beowulf in modern reality, entertainment, and media? Provide evidence etc.

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Please help.. About Beowulf
1. explain and prove with textual evidence which ONE of these motifs - good vs. evil, demise of societies, loyalty of friends, standing up for others - is the most compelling in Beowulf. Provide textual evidence.
2. Beowulf contains characteristics associated with folklore and fairy tales - lurid and sensational events, man-eating monsters. What are the counterparts to Beowulf in modern reality, entertainment, and media? Provide evidence etc.

lolavi85 · Answer

Demise of societies fell on Beowulf. If he did not slay the dragon his whole would die. Beowulf stood up for the weak and old.