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When Men Cry: Male Demonstrations of Grief in Beowulf, The Song of Roland, and Sir Orfeo
… throughout the course of the tale. The kings Hrothgar, Charlemagne, and Orfeo emerge in the tales as figures embodying and bearing the grief of their entire people. Rather than being criticized as weak or effeminate rulers, all three of these sorrowful kings are honored by the poets and by …
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The Warrior and the Witan: Searching For the Culture of Wisdom In Beowulf
<p>In the poem Beowulf, the role of the community's formal council, the witan, has not been adequately examined. This group should be juxtaposed with Beowulf who, as a warrior, exhibits the values of individualism, while the witan embodies the values of the community. These communal values are …