In one of my graduate level English classes, I need to write on either the theme of good vs. evil in Beowulf or the theme of pagan vs. Christian in Beowulf. Since this paper needs to be at least 5-6 paragraphs, I cannot just dicuss one paragraph on good and one on evil. I was thinking of doing a point by point method and thinking of either specific chracter, events or situations that best show the theme. Then each body paragraph would discuss a specific person, event or example that shows good/evil or pagan/Christian to separate the ideas. Does this sound ok?
2006-09-24 10:56:44 · 5 answers · asked by Chloe_06 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
sounds like a great idea...
thats a very creative approach!
2006-09-24 11:04:47 · answer #1 · answered by normal_cody 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm an English professor, and I hate to be a downer, but there's no way that's a graduate-level English assignment. Is it really for a high-school class? That's a Beowulf assignment that a lot of high-school teachers give during the junior or senior year.
Either way, it'd be important to define "good" and "evil" as concepts early in the paper and discuss how they are constructed throughout Beowulf as a means of comparison. Is Grendel necessarily evil, for example? How do you know? Etc.
Good luck!
2006-09-24 18:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to show how the hero personified good vs evil, or at least how his peers perceived it.
2006-09-24 18:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by john b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, I have to write one today too, what school do you go to?
2006-09-24 18:04:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol...what ya'll doin on yahoo answers then....GET TO WORK!!!
2006-09-24 18:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by AUDREY H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋