Beowulf Themes

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Beowulf depicts the warrior culture of medieval Scandinavia and England, which relied heavily on the giving and receiving of gold, armor, weapons, co...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Courage is the foundation of the warrior culture that underlies the story of Beowulf. In this epic, a true warrior's bravery comes from a completely fat...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Hardly a line passes by in Beowulf without the narrator reminding us that everyone is going to die eventually. It's really a very morbid poem, in fact....

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Beowulf is all about tradition and principle, but not the kind we have today in 21st century America. We're talking about the kind of principles that he...