Analysis Of Beowulf

English
 Translation
 of
 the
 Beowulf
 Text
 Analysis
 (Part
 2)
 by
 Lisa
 Jane
 Roberts
  2.
 Briefly
 analyse
 the
 text
 according
 to
 the
 following
 guidelines:
  As
 the
 question
 asks
 directly
 for
 a
 brief
 analysis
 according
 to
 the
 guidelines
 given,
 it
 is best
 to
  provide
  an
  analysis
  which
  incorporates
  all
  answers
  in
  a
  single
  body
  text,
  although
  it
  is
  not
  considered
 wrong
 to
 reply
 one
 question
 after
 another,
 numbering
 them
 2.1,
 2.2
 etc.
 
 In
 fact,
 by
  juxtaposing
 the
 different
 sections of
 the
 text
 without
 their
 numbers,
 you
 will
 achieve
 a
 single
  body
 text,
 as
 shown
 in
 the
 example
 below.
  Naturally,
 in
 order
 to
 produce
 a
 good
 analysis,
 you
 must
 write
 carefully
 and
 avoid
 presenting
  your
 work
 in
 diagram
 or
 note
 form with
 no
 connecting
 text.
 
 Any
 analysis
 which
 is
 not
 written
  out
  and
  presented
  appropriately,
  with
  unconnected
  points
  or
  information
  presented
  in
  diagram
 form,
 will
 not
 be
 considered
 valid.
  The
 instructions
 in
 point
 2
 do
 not
 mean
 that your
 analysis
 should
 be
 limited
 to
 the
 fragment
 of
  text
  that
  should
  be
  translated.
  They
  merely
  indicate
  that
  you
  should
  refer
  to
  the
  “text”
  as
  a
  whole.
 
 Therefore
 your
 commentary
 should
 be
 based
 on
 the
 entire
 text
 that
 you are
 given,
 and
  not
 just
 the
 part
 that
 you
 have
 been
 asked
 to
 translate.
 
  2.1
 Contextualise
 the
 fragment
 within
 the
 work
 it
 has
 been
 taken
 from.
  The
 fragment
 comes
 from
 the
 epic
 Anglo-­‐Saxon
 poem
 Beowulf.
 
 The
 lines
 which
 make up
 this
  fragment
  (630
  to
  661)
  narrate
  the
  moments
  immediately
  prior
  to
  the
  battle
  between
  Beowulf,
  the
 Geat
 warrior
 who
 is
 the
 main
 character
 of
 the
 poem,
 and
 Grendel,
 the
 monster
 that
 has
  been
  attacking
  Heorot,
  the
  fortified
 hall
  belonging
  to
  the
  Danes
  who
  are
  ruled
  by
  Hrothgar.
 
  In
  the
  poem,
  Beowulf
  has
  come
  to
  the
  aid
  of
  Hrothgar
  and
  the
  inhabitants
  of
  Heorot
  with
  two
  main
  purposes:
  to
  honour
  a
  debt
  of
  gratitude
  to
  Hrothgar,  who
  had
  taken
  his
  father
  in
  and
  helped
  him
  during
  the
  wars
  against
  the
  Geats
  and
  other
  Scandinavian
  tribes;
  and
  to
  achieve
  fame
  and
  glory
  for
  himself
  as
  a
  warrior
  to
  be
  feared
  and
  admired
  by
  all,
  thus
 increasing
  the
  power
 of
 the
 Geat
 people
 and
 gaining
 the
 respect
 of
 other
 tribes
 and
 clans.
  The
  fight
  with
  Grendel
  is
  the
  first
  of
  the
  three
  battles
  that
  take
  place
  in
  the
  poem.
  After
  defeating
 Grendel,
 Beowulf
 must
 face
 the...