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    Loyalty was a big theme in Beowulf which by the way without loyalty Beowulf would have been alone but loyalty helped him in many different parts of the story. For example, as he was in the halls of Hrothgar his loyal subjects knew that sleeping there might cost them their life but they stayed there because they knew they had a warrior who could save them. They stayed through the loyalty to Beowulf. Beowulf the main character showed the most

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    I’m gonna give it to you now, once and for all, the secret behind the magic-trick of how the oligarchy selects who gets a pass and who will be fried by their MSM in the presidential elections. I found it here, at The Brookings Institute, exactly where they rehearsed the trick on Obama in 2008. How could I have missed it?! I went there in 2008 to show Obama’s promises to the elite. The magicians just make us look the other way, that’s how they do it. And this is how it goes. You will see, among other

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    Mead-Hall In Beowulf

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    The role the mead-hall plays in Anglo-Saxon warrior culture is an important one, for without such a hall, there is no such basis for a community. The mead-hall offers the security and stability that a warrior needs after a long day. Likewise, it is also the warrior culture’s ultimate vulnerability, “So times were pleasant for the people there until finally one, a fiend out of hell, began to work his evil in the world” (p1237). As presented in Beowulf, the mead-hall is the very reason he is given

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    Background William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. As an English actor and playwright, Shakespeare wrote many plays which were performed for entertainment. In total he wrote 37 plays. Shakespeare died in 1616. Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. The tale was actually based on facts and not an original. The play itself was not exactly what happened in real life though. Shakespeare added dark and bloody elements to make the play more exciting. This included the

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    William Shakespeare was a playwright born on 1564.There is several mysteries about this man. His actual date of birth is unknown. No one knows exactly where he was born, but he is believed to have come from the area of Stratford-On-Avon in England. What we do know is that he wrote plays which were popular then and are still popular now. Shakespeare wrote many types of plays such as dramas, comedies and tragedies. His plays continue to be performed today and several have been made into movies. Hamlet

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    William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, and poet, who lived during the Renaissance Era. William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564, this is the date traditionally given for his birthday (“Shakespeare’s Life”. Web) “Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. From this, it is believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564, and this is the date scholars acknowledge as William Shakespeare's birthday” (“William Shakespeare Biography”. Web)William’s

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    William Shakespeare is accredited to writing thirty-eight plays, sonnets, and five other poems. It is believed that he was born in the Shakespeare dwelling on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His birth date is widely assumed but, the actual date was not recorded as British births were not registered and birth certificates were not manufactured. Shakespeare was born to John and Mary, as the third child of the residence. Joan and Margaret, the two previous children died tragically of the

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    William Shakespeare was probably the most well know playwright during the period. Shakespeare was baptized April 26, 1564 (actual birthdate unknown), in Stratford-upon-Avon, and he died on April 23, 1616. He was married to Anne Hathaway at age eighteen and they ended up having three children: Susana, Hamnet, and Judith. His career started to become successful between 1585 and 1592. He was part owner to a playing company called Lord Chamberlains Men. Most of his work was written for this company and

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    Shakespeare- William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died on april 23, 1616. His parents was John shakespeare and Mary Arden. John shakespeare had many different jobs like selling leather goods, wool, malt and corn. In 1556 He was appointed the borough’s official “ale taster”. John later became a moneylender and held a series of municipal positions, serving for some time as the mayor of stratford (history.com). Mary keep up the house like cleaned, helped take care of the kids. John and mary oldest

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    dragon. With each battle he fights stronger monsters, and has to show more strength. He brings with him more equipment with each encounter, and travels farther for every monster as well. The first monster Grendel was attacking some people in the mead-hall of Heorot. As Beowulf receives word of this he immediately leaves his people, the Geats, and takes nothing along with him. It is important to note that he brings nothing because it shows his true strength, which was described as strong as thirty men

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