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The Role Of Mortality In Beowulf

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All living beings must face the inevitable fact that we all must die. The poem Beowulf was written during the Anglo-Saxon period and it was not merely to entertain people, but to teach the values of their culture. Mortality was alluded several times throughout the poem and some people argue that it was alluded to foreshadow a character’s death so they can perform as many deeds as they can so they be remembered for it. I argue that the author alluded mortality to teach the readers important values about Anglo-Saxon culture such as physical strength in a leader, the importance of God, caution of excessive pride and that everyone is destined to die. The author alludes mortality to teach the readers important values in the Anglo-Saxon culture
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