Beowulf: Pagan or Christian?
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…leaving the body whole for the afterlife. In fact, little consideration is given by the characters to the afterlife, which is a Christian requirement. Treasure and riches are used as status symbols. With all of these pagan merits combined with the probable faith of the writer, a belief that Beowulf is originally a pagan story can be supported.
Works Cited:
Clark, George. Beowulf. New York: Twayne, 1990.
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.
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