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Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan and Christian
"Beowulf" is a link between two traditions, Pagan and the Christian.
The virtues of courage in war and the acceptance of feuds between men and
countries as a fact of life stem from the older Pagan tradition. On the other
hand Christianity's moralities are based meekness and ....
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.... the actions of the kings and the warriors. The
influence of Christianity was just beginning to make its mark in this world, and
most of the characters are torn between their newly discovered religious
feelings and their old, heathen way of perceiving things. The idea that there's
a higher being that controls one's actions revolutionized people's concepts of
themselves, and infused their day-to-day lives with a sense of wonder.
"Beowulf" is a epic poem that combines the contrasting beliefs of the
traditional Paganism and the m ....
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