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    Has anyone read Beowulf?

    Has anyone read Beowulf recently? I need to write some diary entries, where I have to in character of Beowulf, but I want to be sure it sounds like him. If someone replies to see it then I'll post it.

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    I read it in college many, many moons ago. Several things stood out:

    * There was a scene in which the Queen served the King's servants by giving them beer! What an incredibly chauvinistic society!!

    * Beowulf gave a speech in which he engaged in false modesty by saying something like ''I'm no hero but I shall do this (attack Grendel's cave) because ... ''

    * Grendel was bad, but this mother was worse.


    Perhaps I should read it again!

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    Well, I'd answer, because Beowulf is one of my favorites, but it sounds as though you haven't read it yourself. So.....

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