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Hrothgar the Old and Powerful King: A Closer Look at his Character
Beowulf takes an especially interesting look at old age and its ramifications for kingship and heroism. The poem's two main characters, Beowulf and Hrothgar, have long been a study of contrast for scholars of the work, and of course it is Beowulf wh ....
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.... to be a guide, Hrothgar's grief over the loss of Aeschere would also be taken as a sign of excessive "feminine" behavior (Clark107-08).
Hrothgar certainly would not be called an independent thinker; he does not think on his own, a quality that is in direct contrast to the self-scrutiny and evaluation Beowulf is capable of when the dragon begins his ravages. After Aeschere's death, Hrothgar needs Beowulf's assurances of revenge before he can be cheered into recovering his manhood (a behavior Irving calls part of Hrothgar's "manic-depressive cycle” (Irving53).
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