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InTeGrA77 · 12-13-2003, 08:15 PM

i'm about to tackle beowulf in old english...i have to read it for a class, its a requirement. i've read many stories in old english, and i was wondering what to expect. to tell you the truth i'm not sure what its about. i know the basic jist of the story, but thats it. so could anyone help me out??

ForgottenKnight · 12-13-2003, 08:42 PM

Beowulf! GOOD STORY! I had to read it for an english literature class my senior year in high school... I can remember bits and pieces, and that it was really good, but that's about it. I can't really help you out since it's been a few years... but I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it!

losthellhound · 12-15-2003, 05:35 AM

Beowulf

Great stuff, and dont worry about the middle english in it, its easy enough to read if you slow down. Alot of the story will feel similar because writers have been using the material for ages for thier own stories.

146519 · 12-15-2003, 08:27 AM

Well, I guess I'm the dissenting opinion here. I hated Beowolf, both the story and having to read it in Middle English. Anyway, the gist of it is that a monster keeps attacking a city and the Kind calls heros from all around to protect it. I don't want to tell you thes story, so if you want to know more go to sparknotes.com.

H12 · 12-16-2003, 11:40 PM

I had to read large excerpts of it in my English class afew months ago, and it was interesting; there seemed to be lots of fighting and bragging in it, so that's always a good story in my opinion.

12-13-2003, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
InTeGrA77 Psycho Location: the tangent universe	beowulf?? i'm about to tackle beowulf in old english...i have to read it for a class, its a requirement. i've read many stories in old english, and i was wondering what to expect. to tell you the truth i'm not sure what its about. i know the basic jist of the story, but thats it. so could anyone help me out??

12-13-2003, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	Beowulf! GOOD STORY! I had to read it for an english literature class my senior year in high school... I can remember bits and pieces, and that it was really good, but that's about it. I can't really help you out since it's been a few years... but I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it! __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

12-15-2003, 05:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	Beowulf Great stuff, and dont worry about the middle english in it, its easy enough to read if you slow down. Alot of the story will feel similar because writers have been using the material for ages for thier own stories. __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-16-2003, 11:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
H12 I'm not about getting creamed, I'm about winning! Location: K-Town, TN	I had to read large excerpts of it in my English class afew months ago, and it was interesting; there seemed to be lots of fighting and bragging in it, so that's always a good story in my opinion. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle

12-15-2003, 08:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
146519 Crazy	Well, I guess I'm the dissenting opinion here. I hated Beowolf, both the story and having to read it in Middle English. Anyway, the gist of it is that a monster keeps attacking a city and the Kind calls heros from all around to protect it. I don't want to tell you thes story, so if you want to know more go to sparknotes.com.