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Source: Unsplash by Patrick Tomasso INTRODUCTION In the canon of Old English literature, Beowulf looms large as both a poem and a character.  He appears as the ultimate Anglo-Saxon hero, a fierce warrior and generous king.  However, “[o]n the basis of his size and sheer physical power, Beowulf is indubitably a monster” (Flight, p.211).  HisContinue reading “MASCULINITY AS REDEMPTION AND DAMNATION IN BEOWULF”