ENGL 177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Geats
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Modern: feel okay about the dragon and beowulf. Collapse of comitatus for geats and beowulf (2595) Geats (excpet for wiglaf) run away, abandoning bewoulf. Beowulf sees all the treasure and says he should give it to his son, but then he"s like "oh wait i don"t have one" Consoles himself by telling himself he was a good king (2730-2740) Connection to the dragon, who lives in a barrow. Beowulf says, "you are the last of us now" Yells at people who don"t follow beowulf into battle. Says the problem isn"t what beowulf did - it"s what is follower didn"t do follower didn"t do. Beowulf is a temporary fix to a bigger problem (he has no heir) Says the battle with swedes will return when they hear of. Opposite view of beowulf (he said they are well- endowed without him) Throw treasure on pyre with beowulf (the treasure. Poem says the messenger"s view is what actually does happen.
