Macbeth And Beowulf: Evil Defined By Human Preoccupation

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Sheila W

 

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May 7, 2014

 

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The author of Beowulf described the evil Grendel as a fearsome monster: "He(with sharp claws)?snatched up thirty men, smashed them." For the same reason, Grendel's mother was also considered evil although she merely wanted to revenge her son. The last evil character in the story was the Dragon. He killed the Geats and burned their homes with his breath of fire...
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Monster and evil certainly had the same meaning in the Pre-Christian time. As Christian was introduced, a new definition of evil that concentrated on human values and thoughts had emerged. The Christian believed that the seven deadly sins were the cause of evil. Thus in the play Macbeth, Macbeth's tragic flaws were actually the deadly sins...
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