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1、BeowulfTheAnglo-SaxonPeriodBeowulfThesongofbeowulfisanEngland'snationgalepicanditsheroBeowulf--oneofthenationalheroesoftheEnglishpeople.Thewholesongisessentiallypaganinspiritandmatter,whiletheinterpolationisobviouslyanadditionmadebythechristianwhocopiedsong.therewasamonstercalledGrendel,
2、foritalwayseatswarriorsoftheking,sothekingaskedbeowulfforhelp,beowulffightswithitandmadeitwoundedbadlythenitdiedafterrushedouttothemarshes.Grendel'smotherwantstotaketherevengeforthedeathofherson.sosheseizedtheking'sbestfriend,beowulffollowedthebloodytrail,thistimetheyfightunderthewater,t
3、hat'sthedwellingofthemonster'mother,alsotheyhadabigfight,atlast,ourherocutofftheheadsofthemonsterandhismother.Afterhefinishedthemission,hewentbackhomewhereheruledaskingforfiftyyears.thelastpartofthepoemtellsthatoneofbeowulf'ssubjectsstolesomeofthetreasurewhichhadbeenguardingforthreehundr
4、edyearsbyadragon,thedragoncanbreathfire.soourherosoughtthedragoninhiscaveandkilledit.butbeowulfmortallywounded,anddiedafterseeinginthecavetheheapsoftreasure.atlast,accordingtohiswill,thepeoplefollowedhisinstructionhowtoburyhisbodyandhowtorulethecountryafterhisdeath.theyburiedhisashundera
5、tremendousmoundandpiledtheearthandstonessohighthatthemoundthereafterbecameabeaconfortheseafarerswhosailedalongthecoast,thus,evenafterhisdeath,beowulfcontinuedtoservepeople.That'it.Ihopeitcangiveyousomehelp.That'smypleasure.1.WhatisthethemeofBeowulf?1、Beowulf,whichcentersonthenarrationoft
6、heexploitsoftheheroicfigureBeowulf,ismainlyabouthisthreemajoradventures.Itreflectsalifeoffightsandfeasting(盛宴),ofceremony,ofbrilliantgoldandsuddendarkness.Hereisaworldofsacredobligations,feud(世仇,宿怨)andvengeance(报仇,复仇)withheroicfigureswhoareproudoftheirbirthandtheirphysicalstrength.Butbey
7、ondthis,theforcesoffateseemtocontrolman’sdestiny(命运,宿命)withmysteriousomnipotence(万能,全能),whileevilitselfisbothprimordial(原始的,最初的,根本的)andpowerful.However,thematically(主题地)thepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewage(从事,进行)heroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesoft