Beowulf Lost Throughout the epic poem Beowulf there is a reoccurring literary conflict between Christian and Pagan elements that depict the Anglo-Saxon culture. Beowulf is the first great poem of the English language and as such its origins as well as its date of creation have been the subject of much debate. The question then becomes: does the poem provide us with an accurate if idealized view of early Germanic culture? Or has the poem, …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

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