Zimmermann
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Beowulf and Fate

Foreshadowing: The presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for.

Elegy: a sustained and formal poem setting forth serious meditations on death or another solemn theme.

• Spring does not appear in British literature until Chaucer.
• World is without peace; it is cruel, fallen, and less (since the loss of Rome).
• The poem is objective; it reflects the viewpoint of a community not a single poet.

Undefeated Will: Tolkien’s term for the warrior’s resolve to continue the battle despite an obvious and deadly. “He is a man, and that for him and many is sufficient tragedy.”

• “value of piety that treasures man’s struggle in the dark past, man fallen and not yet saved, disgraced but not dethroned.”
• The wages of heroism is death.

Instructions

Find a quote for each of the categories. Include the quote, the page and line numbers, and brief explanation of the quote.

	Foreshadowing	Fate Before the Battle	Fate After the Battle
Beowulf and Grendel
Beowulf and Grendel’s Mother
Beowulf and the Dragon