For our next discussion meeting bring an introductory paragraph for a hypothetical essay on Beowulf. The essay should focus on an element of the text from Beowulf’s death scene, beginning “Fifty years have I watched over my people…” until the end of the book. You can gesture to broader themes in the book as well, but it should be clear which passage you are writing on.
The main points to remember are:
- create an identifiable thesis
- be realistic about the amount of material you can cover in 50 minutes
- analyze rather than describe what happens in the passage and in the text
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