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Question: At the end of Beowulf, the eponymous hero is praised with these words: of all the kings upon the earth / He was the man most gracious and fair-minded, / kindest to his people and keenest to win fame (318082).
Pick one of these four descriptions of Beowulf and find a passage that supports (or possibly even refutes) this characterization.
Explain how the passage you select from the poem supports your understanding of Beowulfs character, and cite the line numbers for the passage you use.
Please cite with an actual quotes with page number; I have created some example below for you as well:
Virgil’s protagonist loses his wife when he and his family flee their home while the Greeks take the city; Aeneas reaches safety only to discover that his wife is missing. Aeneas recounts for Queen Dido how he searched for Creusa amidst the chaos. I “filled the streets with calling; in my grief,” he says, “Time after time I groaned and called Creusa, Frantic, in endless quest from door to door” (Aeneid, 2.1000-1001),
Book IV of the Aeneid brings a bitter end to the love affair of Aeneas and Dido. Juno sends Mercury down to Carthage to remind Aeneas of his destiny. Virgil writes, “Mercury took [Aeneas] to task at once” (359-360).
Aeneas decides that the best course of action is to try and sail out of Carthage without first telling Dido he must leave. Dido learns of Aeneas’ plans, though, and confronts him: “You even hoped to keep me in the dark/As to this outrage, did you, two-faced man, and slip away in silence?” (Virgil, Aeneid, 4.417-419).
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