Essay Archive - The Theme of Father/Son Relationships in Beowulf & The Song of Roland
The Theme of Father/Son Relationships in Beowulf & The Song of Roland
The representation of father-son type relationships in early Medieval
literary works is a key theme early authors used to give their works more depth
and meaning. Two works that use the theme of father-son relationships are
Beowulf and The Song of Roland. In Beowulf, the relationship between Hrothgar
and Beowulf is one in which there is no actual blood father-son tie, but the two
characters take on all the characteristics of a real father son relationship.
Hrothgar, altho....
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