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Essay Archive - Beowulf: First Literary Superhero
Beowulf: First Literary Superhero
Beowulf was the first literary super hero. Like the common day
superman, Beowulf has ordinary human characteristics, as well as superhuman
powers. Like the Anglo-Saxons of Beowulf's time, he is boastful, manly, and
willing to outdo his fellow neighbor. The only difference between him and
the rest of the Anglo-Saxons is that he possesses extreme amounts of
physical power.
Grendel, the antagonist of the story, was feared by all men. He ate
humans and attacked them in their sleep. Many men had attempted to kill
Grendel, but until Beowulf, no man had ever succeeded. “...so Grendel....
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