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Beowulf's Gift-Giving to Higlac
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Beowulf's Gift-Giving to Hygelac
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Other Elements
- "I heard..." starting on line 2164
-Is this a narrator/scop, why does this appear in this section, etc.
Modern Connections
- Honoring military heroes
- Connections between societies
-How different societies/cultures interact
Religious Artifacts
- The value of the horse
- Hrothgar's Armor
Important Quotes
Wealhtheow's (Freya's) Necklace
Line 2172: "I HEARD HE PRESENTED HYGD [son of Higlac] WITH A GORGET, THE PRICELESS TORQUE THAT THE PRINCE'S DAUGHTER, WEALHTHEOW, HAD GIVEN [BEOWULF]..."
Significance of Section
- "So ought a kinsman act, instead of plotting and planning in secret to bring people to grief, or conspiring to arrange the death of comrades." (2166-2169)
- "But for all such humblings time brought reversal, invested him with glory"
- “O flower of warriors, beware of that trap.
Choose, dear Beowulf, the better part,
eternal rewards. Do not give way to pride.
For a brief while your strength is in bloom
but it fades quickly; and soon there will follow
illness or the sword to lay you low,
or a sudden fire or surge of water
or jabbing blade or javelin from the air
or repellent age. Your piercing eye
will dim and darken; and death will arrive,
dear warrior, to sweep you away. “
(1758–1768)
- Anglo Saxon Culture
- Sets up for Beowulf's rise to power/inevitable failure